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| Wounded soldier's children die in accident |
| 2007-10-22 |
| Get out your hankies. This is not sarcasm. Two children of a Fort Bliss soldier flown back from Iraq with combat injuries are dead and a third is on life support after a car accident on the way to visit their father in the hospital, Army officials said. Army Spc. John Austin Johnson was waiting for his wife and three kids to visit him at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio Oct. 13 when another soldier told him his family's car had rolled over four times on Interstate 10 about 12 miles east of Ozona on the gusty West Texas plains. "He said, 'Two of my children are dead?'" Army Sgt. 1st Class Eugene Schmidt told the Dallas Morning News. "And we started crying." More at the link |
| Posted by:Angie Schultz |
| #6 When my stepdad had dementia, I asked a lot of whys. God doesn't answer why; but, as in Job's case, God gives us His presence. That's been very helpful as I deal with a houseful of kids with learning issues. |
| Posted by: mom 2007-10-22 19:59 |
| #5 My first thoughts are damnit Gawd wot's rong with you! My 2nd thoughts are always of Job... and Gawds reply to his rightful lamentations... where were you when I created the world. It's a cold solice, put solid. |
| Posted by: Thomas Woof 2007-10-22 16:54 |
| #4 My heart goes out to him and his family. I'll be praying for a miracle for the third child. |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie 2007-10-22 16:08 |
| #3 Bless them. |
| Posted by: newc 2007-10-22 15:42 |
| #2 Very sad, I hope the surviving kid will make it. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2007-10-22 12:53 |
| #1 So very tragic. No words on this one. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2007-10-22 12:46 |