Keep writing Brother, it is therapy and many of us understand the need.
http://kfor.com/2013/08/02/family-remembers-grandmother-latest-tornado-victim/
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LIKE ANY OTHER DAY.
Today, Five years ago, right now, I was at work. Hoping to get off soon. On my way home, released at 730am. I would run up on a car near an intersection with a flat tire. I was still in uniform, but off duty, headed home. I told them to pull into the 7-11 up the street. I would change their tire at that 7-11, it was a mom driving her high school daughter to school. At this same 7-11 hours later, two adults and one baby would be killed.
I was thinking of you this morning, but I couldn't remember your name. We were swapping something, and we talked about that day. My wife and I had closed on our home, just south of Westmore HS, and had driven back to Muskogee. As we pulled into our driveway, the radio started giving reports of the tornado, and they mentioned the intersection of Western and 134th. My two grandsons were students at Eastlake school. We had given a key to the house to my daughter and she knew there was a shelter in the house. We couldn't reach them our our son-in-
law, so we turned back for a rapid trip back across I40 , only to be stopped by OHP at Okema due to the storms. All of the family was fine, but my youngest, now 14, is still on edge in storms. My daughter is a 5th grade teacher and sees the fear in the kids eyes each time we have drills or actual storms.
You told me of your actions that day, and I admire you and your service. We are blessed to have so many folks like you, and the necessary resources to handle these events.. Thank you!
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