ES - Tragedy at Estrella

[JengjenVandeRoet at AOL.com]

   I remember, years ago, when my father, having recently become a 
firefighter, had to respond to small hunting cabin on the outskirts of town. 
Eight people had gone to sleep in there, being kept comfortably warm by the 
heat being given off by an ordinary barbecue grill. Eight bodies were removed 
from the cabin, several days later, when they were missed by their family 
members. They literally went to sleep and never woke up, due to the carbon 
monoxide fumes from the smoldering grill. The experience changed my father in 
some small way, as did other instances in the his career as a firefighter, 
but I will never forget the deflated look in his eyes when he came home that 
day. So many lives lost to a simple mistake. 
     I was very saddened to hear of this news from Estrella, and my prayers 
are with the families of those now lost to us. Let us all learn from this, so 
that such a wasteful loss shall never occur again. I don't think a night will 
go by at Gulf Wars, when I won't think about this terrible loss, before I 
shut my eyes.


In humble service,
         Jen

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