LIFE AND DEATH

ON JANUARY 1, 2009, IT WAS A MORNING OF LIFE AND DEATH.

IN SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT, TWO (2) INFANTS WERE BORN MOMENTS APART AT LAWERENCE AND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT.

AT 1:28 A.M. LOGAN JOSEPH PRUE WAS BORN. THE BABY WEIGHED IN AT 7 POUNDS 2 OUNCES. HE IS THE SON OF JOSEPH PRUE AND BECKY COPELAND, OF DEEP RIVER, CONNECTICUT.

FOUR MINUTES LATER, AT 1:32 A.M. IAIN AXAYACALL MAXSON WAS BORN. THE 8 POUND, 2 OUNCE BOY IS THE SON OF JOHN AND MARGARITA MAXSON, OF NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT.

BOTH CHILDREN, WE ARE TOLD WERE HEALTHY AND HAPPY. A TRULY BLESSED EVENT. THE PARENTS WERE TRULY BLESSED.

IN BRIDGEPORT ON THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF NEW YEARS DAY, A MAN WALKING HOME FROM A NEW YEARS EVE PARTY WAS KILLED. KEISHON JOHNSON, 25 OF BRIDGEPORT WAS CONFRONTED BY A GUN MAN WHO SHOT HIM IN THE CHEST.

HE WAS TAKEN TO ST. VINCENT'S MEDICAL CENTER WHERE HE DIED.

DETECTIVES ARE INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE SUSPECTS. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. AN AUTOPSY WAS TO BE PREFORMED ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 2008.

THE NEW YEAR (2009) HAS BEGUN WITH TWO BLESSED EVENTS AND A HOMICIDE. THE DIFFERENCE IN A MOMENT IS LIFE (BIRTH) AND DEATH. IT CAN HAPPEN IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. WE SHOULD VALUE EVERY MOMENT WE HAVE.