Take Your Breath Away: Tom and Richard Lueders’ story

Posted November 26, 2023

Story #3 in our CO Experience Project series

Richard (left) was 53 and his son, Tom, was 26, when they took a Christmas holiday trip to Florida… “Tom and I arrived in Key West, checked into our room, and went out, toured around town, had dinner, and we had a great time. The next morning, I was getting into the shower and Tom was on the bed reading a book. That was my last vision of him.”  (photo courtesy of Richard Lueders)

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So That Others Will Know: Patricia & David Ivie’s Story

Posted September 8, 2023

Story #2 in our CO Experience Project series

Patricia and David Ivie (photo courtesy of Buck Ivie)

On August 23, 2017, they left their home near Fort Worth and traveled to the Texas panhandle region for a family event. They checked into a Best Western in the town of Perryton and settled into Room 217, likely anticipating a normal, routine overnight hotel stay. However, this hotel stay would be far from normal or routine – and, within four months, their stay would cost both of them their lives…

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