Sunday, January 22, 2006

Where Were You When You Heard the News?

Where were you? What did you hear? What did you think? What did you do when you heard the news?

Tom
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Anonymous said...

I first knew something was up as I was driving to a late lunch during a particularly rough day at the office. The radio report said that an 18 year old DeForest man was killed just North of where I live. I have an 18 year old son who attended DeForest High School so I immediately feared the worst. (Obviously, the worst was going to happen to someone - I was just hoping it wouldn't be me.)
As I grabbed my cell phone I noticed that there were three missed phone calls. Two were from numbers I didn't recognize (The police?) & one was from my wife. I broke out into a cold sweat as I feared that the missed calls were calls I wouldn't want to ever take. I've never felt that way before & hope I never do again. I called my wife who informed me that it was Aaron who had been killed.

How do you describe the relief to learn that your own son was OK while at the same time you contemplated the agony that Tom & Cathy must be enduring? Should I be happy? No. Should I be upset? Obviously, I was upset for the Meyer family, but did the relief that it wasn't my son make it better? Yes...No...Yes...I don't know. I still have a hard time figuring this one out.

Aaron was a good kid. I enjoyed watching as he & my son played youth football & baseball together. Tom & Cathy are good people. They deserve to grow old watching BOTH of their sons turn into fine men.

The solice I can find for myself in this affair is that me relationship with my own sons has strengthened because of it. It's a small solice I know & certainly not worth the pain.

Peace and happiness to the Meyer's

8:09 AM

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