A week ago today I received a phone call from my Son Darren, who was having a very hard time talking. He called to tell me that there had been a terrible accident, a car fell on his Son Devin, my Grandson. Devin was 33 years old less than a week from his 34th birthday. Devin leaves behind 3 children 15, 8, and 5 years of age. We left home for Tacoma to be with Darren and family hoping we could comfort them and find a little comfort by being there for them. My main reason for sharing this tragedy with everybody is to hopefully encourage all to stay safe. Devin is gone because he didn't take time to properly support the car he was working on, he was in a hurry and it was a little quick fix. Now he didn't do anything I haven't done and I'm sure a lot of others have gone under a car that we shouldn't have been under. Sadly there can be that one time that the car is going to fall, it just isn't worth gambling the rest of your life for that little blip of time you might save by not making sure it's not going to fall...……..God Bless you all and be careful!
Sorry Bob horrible news. Thanks for making this post to remind us all how fragile life is and shortcuts can be costly.
Sorry for your loss, I worry about this every time my car goes up. I actually watched a jack stand slip lightning fast as I let the car down off the jack slowly. I’ve never lifted a car back up faster than that moment. It’s scary
So sorry for your loss! Every time I jack up my car I try my best to make it safe for this very reason as I have two young girls (10&8) and when they're out helping me work on the car they know the strict rule if the car is up off the ground they watch from a distance and under no circumstances they go anywhere near it. Again Bob my condolences to you and your family from me and mine in this tragic situation.
Words are hard to find to express how sorry I am to hear about your grandson, Bob. To lose anyone that young is a difficult load to bear for every one in your family. What I can say is that I will continue to pray for the God of peace and comfort to somehow wrap His arms around each one of you. My own life has been filled with one calamity after another, and only by the Grace of God am I still walking this earth. When going thru these various incidents I always question why. What good can come of this? What is God trying to show me, or teach me? While I don't have any concrete answer I do believe it has given me more compassion and understanding of the pain others may be going thru. Try to take some comfort in knowing that this dark time will pass and it may help someone else down the line to be a little more aware of, as MarkO said, how fragile life is. I had a loaded trailer slip off a jack while I was turning to slide a jack stand underneath the tongue. It landed on the back of my left calf, crushing my foot under the A-frame of the trailer. Never thought it could happen so quickly. And I never thought I would walk again! I think about that day every time I jack something up, and with every limp, wince of pain, and ache or arthritis that sets in. Please everyone, try to think about what you're doing, don't take any dangerous short cuts. Be Safe!
Such terrible news, so sorry to hear. We all need to be certain we are being safe when under cars. I lost a colleague about 20 years ago this way. My condolences.
So sorry for your loss, I think we all have not used proper jacking techniques at times and we just got lucky it wasn’t our time.
Very sorry to hear this terrible news, our thoughts and prayers to the family and friends of Devin. I also have been careless. I will use more jack stands from here on in.
Bob so sorry for this tragedy . Thank you for sharing and trying to bring a positive out of a heartbreaking family accident.
