Tragic Event

I woke up Monday morning with a phone call from one of my good friends that I used to work with at Focus Services. She informed me of some very tragic news. But first, I would like to give a little background information.

The two of us had worked together on a humanitarian project for Focus last year before I went to work at Mills Montessori. Basically, we came up with activities to raise money and talked with big companies about donating prizes to give away at our bowl-a-thon. Every year, Focus uses this money to go to Guatemala and help build homes and schools as well as bring supplies to a village in need.

This year, they did the same thing. They raised money and then they flew out certain employees of the company to go help this village. Unfortunately, a plane that was flying my former employees into the small village crashed before arriving to their destination. Many were screaming for help when the plane crashed, but only 3 survived because the plane blew up into flames 10 minutes after the crash. People tried to save them, but could not get them out of their seat belts.

Only one of my former employees was one of the survivors, the C.O.O., Dan Liljenquist. He should be back in the States soon, but severely injured both of his legs. I personally only knew one of the other three Focus employees who didn't make it. His name was John Carter. He has three kids and a wife, who I am sure miss him very much. I'm glad to say that I joked around with John a few times before I left Focus. He was a good guy. There is a fund set up in John's name at Zion's Bank if anyone would like to donate some money.

I'm just glad that they left this world trying to serve others. They will be missed and always remembered. Please say a prayer for their families.