Soldier dies while heading home for mother's funeral (One of the 16)

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/03307/236214.stm

Sgt. Ernest Bucklew, 33, was coming home from Iraq on an emergency leave to attend the funeral of his mother when his helicopter was shot from the sky.

In three days, Donald Bucklew, of Darlington Township, lost his wife and his son.

"His mother and dad prayed every night that he would come home safe," said Jack Smith, of Point Marion, Fayette County, Ernest Bucklew's uncle.

The family tragedy started Friday afternoon. Mary Ellen Bucklew, 57, was driving home from work at a warehouse when an aneurysm in one of the arteries leading to her heart burst. Her vehicle ran into the median of the road and she died.

[dobak]

1. oh fuck!

That ruined my week.

:-(

[Ohio Dem]

2. That poor family.

I can't even imagine.

Holy shit, that's terrible. They're all terrible, of course, but what is this father going through? This is double shitty.

Damn.

[Liberal Veteran]

3. Aw...geez.

That's just awful. This was all so unnecessary.

Damnit.

[The Zanti Regent]

4. So sad

Everyone should be praying that this grieving father be comforted!

[Holly]

5. Oh gosh

That poor,poor man.:cry:

[LeighAnn]

6. She spent her last months worrying about her son.

)c:

So sad...think of how many people go to bed wracked with worry every night...

[ninkasi]

7. Tragedy piles upon tragedy...

I am so heartfelt sorry for this, and other families. I can't even imagine the grief they must be feeling.

[lebkuchen]

8. They lived in coal country--dad had been a miner

And so it goes for so many in our armed forces...

[Mari333]

9. In the meantime the King of the United States

is eating at a 2000 dollar a plate dinner.
Losing a spouse is hell, losing a child is worse hell.
I doubt I could survive the horror.
*Bush does not give a shit.

[heidiho]

10. Both dead because of George W. Bush

more blood on this man's hands. Her aneurysm was probably exascerbated by worry over her son (high blood pressure can cause them to burst more easily). Even if this weren't true, she had to spend the last months of her life worrying about her son.

How many people has Bush killed so far?

[Hand]

11. Plus two little kids with no dad...

He had two sons aged 4 and 6. Their father's gone forever--the younger one probably scarcely knew him and now never will...

G-D EFFING DAMMIT! HOW MANY OF THESE STORIES ARE THERE??? HOW MANY MORE DOES IT TAKE??????

WAR SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RamboLiberal]

12. One of his last letters home said it is hell here

according to his uncle. Reported on local Pittsburgh radio this morning.