My story today ... 3 years later & I miss you just as much.I just want you to know how much you meant to me as you guided me throughout the years.Whether it was hands on or through your words,your wisdom and unconditional Love will never be forgotten.Your work ethic,the legacy you left behind can never be matched.Pop ... You lived well, laughed often and loved much,you accomplished your job &  left the world better than you found it.You looked for the best in others and gave the very best you had to offer.I'll always remember your smile & caring heart that you always gave me.I know that no matter what,you will always be with me.During our talk that evening,I realized the path was to end way too soon.Not long enough to stand by your side,Not long enough to laugh after every bad joke,Not long enough to sit with you,the one who taught me to be the person I am today.Hershel ... My Dad, Is my  guardian and a guide,Someone that I can count on to always be on my side.I Love & Miss You Pop ... David Lee

Hershel & the Carrollton unit was deployed on March 4th,1958. The collision and plunge into Big Sandy River involving a school bus near Prestonburg,Ky on February 28, 1958 was the third deadliest bus crash in US history. On a cold and cloudy morning, after a period of heavy rains and thaw, a Floyd County school bus loaded with 48 elementary and high school students bound for school  on US route 23 struck the rear of a wrecker truck and fell down an embankment into the swollen waters of the Big Sandy River, where it was swept downstream and submerged. 22 children escaped the bus in the first few minutes as it became fully submerged in the raging flood stage waters and made it safely out of the river. However, 26 other children and the bus driver drowned. National Guard and other authorities and agencies responded. The bus was finally located by Navy divers, and removed from the river 53 hours later. In recent years the accident has been the subject of two documentary films, The Very Worst Thing and A Life of Its Own.   http://kynghistory.ky.gov/Our-History/History-of-the-Guard/Documents/KYNGRemembrance50thAnnivofPrestonsburgSchoolBusDisaster.pdf   and   http://www.theveryworstthing.com/