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Article: A happy family outing, a roaring jet -- and tragedy
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- December 10, 2005
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It was a family moment -- mom and dad in the front seat, three
young sons tucked in the back eating McDonald's.
The Indiana family was heading to grandma's house in Chicago on
Thursday evening, driving beneath snowy skies.
Six-year-old Joshua Woods was singing his favorite song, Bruce
Springsteen's "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town."
He loved The Boss, just like his daddy.
As the family passed the northwest corner of Midway Airport, they
took delight in the big airplane roaring toward the end of the
runway.
The plane was taking off -- or so it appeared to the father, Leroy
Woods, who told the story to family friend and lawyer Ronald Stearney
Sr.
In an instant, Leroy Woods knew he ...