Well, they pulled the plug on my pal Jerry yesterday, he died peacefully last night. Jerry and I were friends since about age 12. When he was 15 days home from Vietnam, proudly cruising the streets of Madison on his brand new XLCH Sporty he got ran over (literally) by a drunk in a pickup who ran a stop sign. Jerry has been in a coma ever since then and had begun to worsen and was visibly in a lot of pain the last few months.
After much agony and prayer, his family decided to shut everything off and let him go. Lots of us stopped to say goodbye yesterday. At 9PM he died with his Mom and all his brothers and sisters with him.
Don't be too sad for Jerry, he's doing a lot better where he is now. But next time you encounter a drunk on the street, or someone getting ready to drive drunk do us all a favor and either take his keys or call the cops so some other family doesn't have to go through what Jerry and his family have been through since 1972....