The son of a local judge was killed on his first day of work in an industrial plant when he was pinned between two pipes that crushed him. He died while being lifelined.
I've known this judge since I first started practicing law and he was a criminal defense lawyer. During the Gulf War in 1990, his wife, who was a medical technician in the Reserves was called up and he was left with his 4-5 young kids, ranging from 9 to 2. He and I were co-counselling a preliminary hearing with 2 defendants when the call came in that his wife had just landed in the local airport after 6 months. Needless to say, the hearing was continued as he rushed to get his kids out of school and the daycare, and get to the airport.
