Dear Delaware,

BREAKING Wednesday in the Strait of Hormuz - a forever-war flash, not a rewrite of this morning's Day 103 letter, and not a re-break of Monday's dual UKMTO tanker incidents.

UKMTO Warning 142-26: Antigua & Barbuda-flagged bulk carrier Cape Dao was struck in the Strait of Hormuz around 0630 UTC Wednesday by an unknown projectile. The ship caught fire, went adrift, and the crew abandoned. Oman evacuated the survivors. All crew evacuated. Authorities are investigating. No environmental impact reported. Attribution: UNKNOWN.

UKMTO's baseline still holds: unknown projectile; two casualties reported; who fired unknown. I will not invent a shooter. I will not promote secondary weapon claims as fact.

Death confirmed. The Indian Embassy in Oman has confirmed one Indian national killed - GCaptain quotes the embassy's condolences. Secondary reporting from FSUI, Hindustan Times, and Siasat names the seafarer as Suraj Yadav, 26, of Deoria, Uttar Pradesh. Condolences to his family. A second crew member was injured - GCaptain; Hindustan Times / FSUI name 4th Engineer Devraj, minor injury.

FLAG - weapon: UKMTO still says unknown projectile. Some secondary Indian outlets claim two port-side hits / torpedoes. That is attributed secondary only - not locked fact. I will not run "torpedo" as confirmed.

FLAG - Al Jazeera still silent on Cape Dao and Warning 142-26. AJ's September 23 coverage is mediated UNGA talks and Hormuz conditions - not this ship. Lead sources today: GCaptain (with Lloyd's List), Middle East Eye on the UKMTO baseline, and Reuters-syndicated wires. When the primary board is quiet, we say so. Transparency - not a hit piece.

Monday's LR Stephanie / Al Maryah hits already live on Day 102. Tuesday's crushed traffic count already live on Day 103. Today's new material is Wednesday's Cape Dao - fire, adrift, evacuated, one seafarer killed, one injured, shooter unknown.

Brent is choppy near $101.09 (+~1.85% around 11:11am EDT per Reuters) - on Pezeshkian "never surrender" and diesel-export-ban talk, not a clean Cape Dao spike. Delaware's morning AAA receipt is still regular $4.3548 and diesel $6.4372. Forever war bills the commute whether or not one ship prints a one-hour candle.

I will not normalize another Wednesday projectile in a chokepoint that prices Delaware's groceries and gas. I will not take Super PAC money from the interests that profit when the war machine runs on autopilot. I will not invent attribution the wires have not locked. And I will not erase Suraj Yadav's name now that it has landed with attribution.

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• UKMTO Warning 142-26 baseline via Middle East Eye - unknown projectile; evacuated; 2 casualties; no env impact; attribution unknown
• GCaptain (+ Lloyd's List) - Cape Dao; Embassy death confirmation; injured second crew
• Indian Embassy in Oman (via GCaptain) - one Indian national killed; condolences
• FSUI / Hindustan Times / Siasat - Suraj Yadav, 26 (Deoria, UP); Devraj 4th Engineer (minor injury); torpedo/port-side claims = secondary only
• Reuters ~11:11am EDT - Brent $101.09 (+~1.85%); Pezeshkian / diesel-export-ban chop
• AAA Delaware (Sep 23 morning) - https://gasprices.aaa.com/state-gas-price-averages/
• Continuity: Day 102 Mon dual (LR Stephanie / Al Maryah); Day 103 LIVE - https://travisjackstevens.com/news/day-103-unga-annihilate-momentum

With gratitude, Travis Jack Stevens Declared Write-In Candidate for U.S. Senate, Delaware