Another Tragedy

[Bird]

This evening, my local newspaper, the Corsicana Daily Sun has a story from St. Hedwig, TX (just east of San Antonio) that says a 6 year old boy was playing in a field Sunday afternoon while his grandfather was mowing with a tractor and shredder (frequently used term in this area for a rotary cutter). It says when the grandfather made another turn around the field, apparently the little boy was hiding in some thick grass, the grandfather didn't see him, and ran over him. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Bird

[Harv]

My God, Bird!

My first reaction was to put my tractor up for sale, but then I got to thinking about all the horrible things that happen to kids and grownups alike every day. Automobiles are the the worst, yet we still drive our cars. The sad fact is that these tragedies are going to happen from time to time no matter what we do.

Having two young children of my own, my heart aches for that family. There was really no one to blame, but the boy is gone all the same.

My kids are kind of afraid of my tractor, but now I think that's a healthy fear, and I want it to stay that way for a while.

[Thomas]

Geeze thats just plain awful to hear!!

How does anyone come to grips w/such a tragedy.

Hopes and prayers go out to the family.

Thomas..NH [img]/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif[/img]

[Caretaker]

Bird,

That's a sad tragedy. I don't have kids, but I've often wondered how parents stand it sometimes. . .I've heard many times that the loss of a child is the worst thing a parent can experience. My sympathies go out to the gentleman and the family.

Tractors are extremely useful tools, but like all extremely useful tools, they can be extremely dangerous. I think I'd agree that only a chainsaw is more dangerous . . .

Of course, it's easy to second guess the gentleman, and think he should have done this or shouldn't have done that - but accidents DO happen sometimes.

"There but for grace of God go I . . ."

Dave Wells

[DFB]

Oh God, I have to ask why do such heart wrenching experiences have to happen?

DFB

[JiminMI]

I often wonder with my HST and as well as it changes direction during FEL work, If someone walked behind you....

My thoughts are with the family....

[DDT]

That's a CRYIN SHAME. I had the 10yr old read it to the 7yr old and the 15yr old (all girls) to help make a point to them. when she got done reading it I had a tear in my eye. just horrable

[ERNIEB]

Bird and all, That was right here in our community, very close to home. I didn't know the family. The boy was a kindergartener at the same school where our twins go, and although they are in kinder too, he was in a different classroom.
The school thought it best to tell the children what had happened. They had counselors available. Our two don't seem to know the boy, except by name, and don't seem to be affected. But they really don't seem to understand it either.
It was kind of a bad weekend for me. Beside this, Friday an old friend passed away. I worked for him when I was a teenager, and he owned a gas station. His real love was ranching, buying, selling, and trading cattle. Horses too. The first horse I every bought, I bought from him.
Yesterday he was buried on the South Texas plain he loved, and they played Cattle Call, and his favorite Marty Robbins songs for him one last time. He was a good man, and one of the last of a dying breed. Although 81, the morning before he died he had been out buying some cattle. The way I see it not many people get to do something they love right up to the end.

Ernie
" We would rather die in these ditches, than give them up to the enemy" James Bowie

[Bird]

ErnieB, I knew it was close to you; didn't know it was that close. Sorry to hear about that and your friend, too.

Bird

[ddl]

Fear and the unknowing is wehat causes accidents. It is best to teach kids to respect their surroundings so they know what NOT to do. True safety programs teach respect and knowledge. Kids will be kids, it is better that they know the limits and the real dangers. What happen to the kid hiding in the grass, points out how we as adults fail to work safely, checking the areas before we do a task.

Dan L