This breaks my heart. :cry: I've heard of so many young men in the trades who can't find work and are either traveling around this country or trying to go over there just to feed their families.
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050413/NEWS28/504130409AFGHANISTAN
Toledo man is missing after deadly helicopter crash; Clyde native works for Halliburton Co.
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Ms. Nelson said her son, a member of Local 8 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, joined Halliburton because he had been unable to find work locally.
He traveled to the defense contractor's Texas headquarters in early January for about two weeks of training and then was flown from there to Afghanistan.
She said he had been intent on finding a job so he could support his 2 1/2-year-old son, Lars. Before taking the position with Halliburton, he had worked in Boston and other out-of-state locations.
"There's no work in Toledo for the electricians," she said.