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(Tribute) Hello Allen and Donna, I appreciate this sounding board and especially your books and all the hard work you put into them. I wanted to share something that recently happened hear in sunny Arizona. A work friend of mine I had come to know and had worked side by side with for 2 1/2 years, recently died over the steering wheel of his 18 wheeler the other night! He was only 55 years old. Marty was his name. I liked Marty, we would have words somtimes and he would piss me off you know, but thats cause I liked him so much I wanted him to be perfect! Anyway, he finished loading his gasoline tanker and moved forward to get his Bill of lading. After getting the needed paperwork for his load he climbed back into his cab and dropped the big Freightliner into gear and DIED over the wheel!(brakes not released!) Massive heart attack! The driver behind him became impatient and went to see what he was doing knocking on his door and found him dead. Marty was a father of a daughter who had recently moved to Chicago,ill. That is where Marty was from. I would sometime’s refer to him as “Chicago Marty!” God Bless you Marty thanks for being friendly to me out here at night. It mattered.Thanks for your hard work in 18. Ps. Marty was an ex-Marine.
Larry,
I know how sudden things like that can happen. I’m sorry.
I experienced a similar episode with my dad.
When it happens, it’s much more of an impact because it’s so sudden….first you’re here…then you’re not.
The reality of how finite we and everything all is, just becomes so profound
Nothing can be taken for granted. Nothing
Thanks for sharing that. I know you’ll miss him.
Hey, Larry
Catching up on the posts and saw yours. I am sorry for your loss and understand how hard these things can be. A few weeks ago a tanker went off the bridge near Ellonton, FL, exploded, and the driver later died from severe burns. I didn’t know the driver, but he was married, with a large family…..loved beymany. Even though I didn’t know him, I felt as if I did…..being in tanker driving. It just proves that our time here is very short, and we must do what is important while we are here…….thanks, Larry, and be careful out there….
AskTheTrucker
(Tribute) Hello Allen and Donna, I appreciate this sounding board and especially your books and all the hard work you put into them. I wanted to share something that recently happened hear in sunny Arizona. A work friend of mine I had come to know and had worked side by side with for 2 1/2 years, recently died over the steering wheel of his 18 wheeler the other night! He was only 55 years old. Marty was his name. I liked Marty, we would have words somtimes and he would piss me off you know, but thats cause I liked him so much I wanted him to be perfect! Anyway, he finished loading his gasoline tanker and moved forward to get his Bill of lading. After getting the needed paperwork for his load he climbed back into his cab and dropped the big Freightliner into gear and DIED over the wheel!(brakes not released!) Massive heart attack! The driver behind him became impatient and went to see what he was doing knocking on his door and found him dead. Marty was a father of a daughter who had recently moved to Chicago,ill. That is where Marty was from. I would sometime’s refer to him as “Chicago Marty!” God Bless you Marty thanks for being friendly to me out here at night. It mattered.Thanks for your hard work in 18. Ps. Marty was an ex-Marine.
Larry,
I know how sudden things like that can happen. I’m sorry.
I experienced a similar episode with my dad.
When it happens, it’s much more of an impact because it’s so sudden….first you’re here…then you’re not.
The reality of how finite we and everything all is, just becomes so profound
Nothing can be taken for granted. Nothing
Thanks for sharing that. I know you’ll miss him.
Donna
Hey, Larry
Catching up on the posts and saw yours. I am sorry for your loss and understand how hard these things can be. A few weeks ago a tanker went off the bridge near Ellonton, FL, exploded, and the driver later died from severe burns. I didn’t know the driver, but he was married, with a large family…..loved beymany. Even though I didn’t know him, I felt as if I did…..being in tanker driving. It just proves that our time here is very short, and we must do what is important while we are here…….thanks, Larry, and be careful out there….
Allen