Wow...

I don't even know what to say about this one.

http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_7243545

Here is the text of the article, in case it ever gets deleted.

Injured Bliss soldier's kids killed on way to hospital

Times staff, wire report

Article Launched: 10/22/2007 12:00:00 AM MDT

Two children of a Fort Bliss soldier flown back from Iraq with combat injuries are dead and a third is on life support after a car accident on the way to visit their father in the hospital, Army officials said.

Army Spc. John Austin Johnson was waiting for his wife and three kids to visit him at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio on Oct. 13 when another soldier told him his family's car had rolled over four times on Interstate 10 about 12 miles east of Ozona on the gusty West Texas plains.

"He said, 'Two of my children are dead?' " Army Sgt. 1st Class Eugene Schmidt told the Dallas Morning News. "And we started crying."

Johnson is a member of Fort Bliss' 4-1 Cavalry, post spokeswoman Jean Offutt said. She said Johnson's unit has sent a noncommissioned officer to be with the family.

"They are being well taken care of by the unit," Offutt said.

Schmidt said Johnson has survived five brushes with improvised explosive device blasts during two years in Iraq.

The latest left him with a traumatic brain injury, and he speaks with a severe stutter.

Schmidt said Johnson's wife, Lisa, overcorrected the steering in her sport utility vehicle after encountering a blast of wind on the drive from El Paso.

The couple's youngest children, 2-year-old Logan and 5-year-old Ashley, died at the scene.

Tyler Johnson, 9, suffered massive head injuries and remains on life support at Children's Medical Center in Dallas.

He was listed in critical but stable condition Sunday, a hospital spokeswoman said.

"He's a fighter. Even the doctors are amazed he's still alive," said Schmidt, who says the family is too grief-stricken to speak publicly. "We're praying."

Lisa Johnson suffered bruises in the crash, but was released from the hospital.

Tyler remained at the hospital while their parents left for their children's visitation in Benton, Ark., the family's hometown. An anonymous donor provided five burial plots in the veterans section of Pinecrest Memorial Park in Alexander, Ark., where Spc. Johnson's grandfather is buried.

Another donor purchased markers for Logan and Ashley, whose funeral is set for Tuesday in Alexander. American Airlines provided the family seven roundtrip tickets, and other groups are helping the family take care of expenses.

"It's been a pleasure and an honor to help them," said Rehnda White-Brunner, director of United Services Organizations of Dallas/Fort Worth.

FirstLight Federal Credit Union has opened an account to help the Johnson family. FirstLight officials are encouraging the community to make donations to the account by visiting any of FirstLight's seven branches in El Paso and Las Cruces or by calling 1-800-351-1670 and directing your contribution to the Johnson Family Memorial Fund.

Branch locations:

-Kenworthy Branch, 9993 Kenworthy, El Paso.

-Lee Trevino Branch, 1555 N. Lee Trevino, El Paso.

-Marshall Branch, 1741 Marshall, El Paso.

-William Beaumont Army Medical Center Branch, 5005 N. Piedras, El Paso.

-Del Rey Branch, 3105 Del Rey, Las Cruces.

-Lohman Branch, 3791 E. Lohman, Las Cruces.

-Foster Branch, 300 E. Foster, Las Cruces.