One of the unfortunate aspects of this job is that you get hip-deep in a lot of incredibly sad stories.
But I'd be hard-pressed to find a sadder one than the accident that snuffed out the life of Deana Eckman last weekend.
Eckman was headed home after a day in Delaware with her husband celebrating a family event when the car they were in was struck head-on by a driver police say was under the influence.
It's a horrific, senseless tragedy, made all the more heart-wrenching by the fact that the suspect charged with slamming into the Eckmans' car now is facing his 6th DUI.
That's right.
6.
It's a story that desperately needed some kind of redeeming factor.
Meet Larry Weathers.
As it turns out, Weathers was headed south on Route 452 that very same night and encountered the suspect's truck when it roared up behind him. Weathers witnessed first hand - in horror - as the driver who had been riding his bumper then suddenly veered into the left-hand lane in an attempt to pass him.
That's when Weathers saw the car approaching in the other direction - and the horror that followed.
After the crash, Weathers did something we all too often find missing in today's society.
He did a decent, humane, compassionate thing, staying with Deana Eckman, holding vigil, and making sure she was not alone in her final moments.
We talk about it on today's editorial page.
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