Do you remember what you were doing…
On the evening of November 6, 2008?
I don’t either.
Josh Jahn probably would not remember this day either if it had not been for the actions of one person.
About 8pm that day Josh’s wife Amanda was driving their minivan along with their two children, Ryan (3) and Kaitlyn (11 months), south down IL Route 47 just north of Dwight, IL, when a drunk driver blew a stop sign and crashed at full speed into the driver’s side of the van. The force of the impact caused the van to roll over several times and it ended up in a cornfield. All three were killed.
I see this sign at that intersection two times every week when I drive by. Part of me is sad, part of me is angry, part of me goes out to a young man my age who lost his entire family in a few short minutes. I realize that it is the grace of God that keeps us every time we go out.
The drunk driver in this case had multiple DUI convictions prior to this event. They recieved a 24 year prison sentence for reckless homicide.
Nothing can bring Mandy, Ryan, and Kaitlyn back to Josh. But maybe if someone sees this and decides not to drive drunk, or keeps a friend from driving drunk, someone else will be spared the agony of the phone call telling them their wife and kids were killed senselessly by someone who had no business driving.
The testimony in this story is that Josh stated to CBS news in Chicago that “God is holding me up.” You can read the entire story if you wish here.
