Drew;
I want to personally thank you for posting this & for doing all within your power to try & get to the bottom of what caused this dramatic failure.
Its all too easy for many to simply say "Well its Damascus Ain't it, whatta you expect". In all likelyhood the fact it was Damascus played only a very minor role "If Indeed" a role at all.

Miller/TN
I Didn't Say Everything I Said, Yogi Berra