« NFL Picks | Main | Cowboys...so far »

Tough day

I had a pretty rough day yesterday. When I first started my work day I found out that a family I know , the Helenschmidts, had to deal with the loss of a loved one.

Scott Helenschmidt was killed after what I'm assuming was a cry for help. I know Scott's son, and his niece and nephew.

They're all great people. I graduated with his niece. Every year our photos were right next to each other in the yearbook. For that reason alone we'll be forever linked. I still remember our 9th grade photo. I got ragged because we had almost matching shirts.

I got even more difficult news last night that continued into this morning. One of my greatest friends in the world, Cameron Harris, lost his little brother, Jeremy.

Jeremy was in an accident, I don't know when, but they took him off life support Thursday night. Jeremy was an underwater welder, offshore, in Mississippi. My brother told me last night he was working when his helmet came off and he didn't know what to do and drowned.

He was placed on life support and his mother flew in from out of town to make the decision.

The Harris boys moved down there after graduating because that's where they're from and that's where their dad lives.

I'm really at a loss for words right now. Jeremy was a great kid. I'm contemplating whether I need to go be with his family right now...

My prayers got to the Helenschmidt and Harris families.

Posted by Clayton Hein at 10:44 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)