Tragedies

Last night, Mike and I went out to dinner. As we drove to the restaurant, we noticed a huge cloud of smoke rising from down the street, and emergency vehicles kept flying past us. We figured that there was a fire somewhere nearby. This morning, we learned that 9 firefighters were killed in that fire. It's a terrible loss for our community.

Two weeks ago, an aircraft carrying a University of Michigan transplant team crashed. Six people were killed, including Richard Chenault, who lived across the street from my parents. He was a father, a nurse, a high school cross-country coach, and he worked tirelessly to promote organ donation.

The world needs more people like these. You can read profiles of the U of M crash victims here.
You can read profiles of the Charleston firefighters here.