No one I know, but the point is the same, even so close to the end, we must all keep safe and be ever so thankful for life and love.
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Subject: Fw: [HomeschoolMilitary] Injured Bliss soldier's kids killed on way to hospital
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:44:54 -0600
This is heartwrenching. Please keep this family in your prayers. --Deb From Melissa: Subject: [HomeschoolMilitary] Injured Bliss soldier's kids killed on way to hospital
Hey everyone,
I just heard about this, and just want us to keep this family in your
prayers. ((HUGS))
Vanassa,Brian,Breana,Noah,Myah,ALyssa C
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 on 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.'
Johnson is a member of Fort Bliss' 4-1 Cavalry, post spokeswoman Jean
Offutt said. She said Johnson's unit has sent a noncommissioned
officer to be with the family.
'They are being well taken care of by the unit,' Offutt said.
Schmidt said Johnson has survived five brushes with improvised
explosive device blasts during two years in Iraq.
The latest left him with a traumatic brain injury, and he speaks with
a severe stutter.
Schmidt said Johnson's wife, Lisa, overcorrected the steering in her
sport utility vehicle after encountering a blast of wind on the drive
from El Paso.
The couple's youngest children, 2-year-old Logan and 5-year-old
Ashley, died at the scene.
Tyler Johnson, 9, suffered massive head injuries and remains on life
support at Children's Medical Center in Dallas.
He was listed in critical but stable condition Sunday, a hospital spokeswoman said. 'He's a fighter. Even the doctors are amazed he's still alive,' said
Schmidt, who says the family is too grief-stricken to speak
publicly. 'We're praying.'
Lisa Johnson suffered bruises in the crash, but was released from the
hospital.
Tyler remained at the hospital while their parents left for their
children's visitation in Benton, Ark., the family's hometown. An
anonymous donor provided five burial plots in the veterans section of
Pinecrest Memorial Park in Alexander, Ark., where Spc. Johnson's
grandfather is buried.
Another donor purchased markers for Logan and Ashley, whose funeral
is set for Tuesday in Alexander. American Airlines provided the
family seven roundtrip tickets, and other groups are helping the
family take care of expenses.
'It's been a pleasure and an honor to help them,' said Rehnda White-
Brunner, director of United Services Organizations of Dallas/Fort
Worth.
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Subject: Fw: [HomeschoolMilitary] Injured Bliss soldier's kids killed on way to hospital
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:44:54 -0600
This is heartwrenching. Please keep this family in your prayers. --Deb From Melissa: Subject: [HomeschoolMilitary] Injured Bliss soldier's kids killed on way to hospital
Hey everyone,
I just heard about this, and just want us to keep this family in your
prayers. ((HUGS))
Vanassa,Brian,Breana,Noah,Myah,ALyssa C
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 on 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.'
Johnson is a member of Fort Bliss' 4-1 Cavalry, post spokeswoman Jean
Offutt said. She said Johnson's unit has sent a noncommissioned
officer to be with the family.
'They are being well taken care of by the unit,' Offutt said.
Schmidt said Johnson has survived five brushes with improvised
explosive device blasts during two years in Iraq.
The latest left him with a traumatic brain injury, and he speaks with
a severe stutter.
Schmidt said Johnson's wife, Lisa, overcorrected the steering in her
sport utility vehicle after encountering a blast of wind on the drive
from El Paso.
The couple's youngest children, 2-year-old Logan and 5-year-old
Ashley, died at the scene.
Tyler Johnson, 9, suffered massive head injuries and remains on life
support at Children's Medical Center in Dallas.
He was listed in critical but stable condition Sunday, a hospital spokeswoman said. 'He's a fighter. Even the doctors are amazed he's still alive,' said
Schmidt, who says the family is too grief-stricken to speak
publicly. 'We're praying.'
Lisa Johnson suffered bruises in the crash, but was released from the
hospital.
Tyler remained at the hospital while their parents left for their
children's visitation in Benton, Ark., the family's hometown. An
anonymous donor provided five burial plots in the veterans section of
Pinecrest Memorial Park in Alexander, Ark., where Spc. Johnson's
grandfather is buried.
Another donor purchased markers for Logan and Ashley, whose funeral
is set for Tuesday in Alexander. American Airlines provided the
family seven roundtrip tickets, and other groups are helping the
family take care of expenses.
'It's been a pleasure and an honor to help them,' said Rehnda White-
Brunner, director of United Services Organizations of Dallas/Fort
Worth.
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