Dallas, TX - Sept. 3, 2011 - rider down

[Bitten]

Hi Stephanie,
I'm truly saddened by your loss. I am glad you found the post. I was hoping someone would have more information about your brother. We wanted to help when we saw the bike down. Unfortunately, there was nothing we could do. A doctor ran up to help as well, but even she knew we were too late.

I will say this and I hope it in some way helps:

Although I know Heath was not riding safely, when he passed us, a couple of lanes over from us, on 75, he appeared to be smiling, having the time of his life. He went doing what he loved.

I apologize that I will not be able to attend the service. I'm in day 3 of a Microsoft class this morning at 8AM.

Prayers for you and your family. Thanks so much for responding.

 

[HeathsGirl]

Heath Logan Honeycutt



This was Heath. Always full of life. With an amazing smile that lit up a room. He enjoyed being outdoors and was very talented when working with his hands. It's hard to believe he's gone. Thank you to everyone that took an interest in what happened to Heath. If it weren't for you we may have never known the details surrounding his death.

Thanks again.
Melissa

 

[Questions]

Comrade

It was bad the first night. Kept dreaming I was in his position, hitting the wall and flying off of the bridge.
I've since, heard from two other witnesses. My friend's mother was driving below, when she said she saw him "fly like a paratrooper without a parachute, face down, dead" to the concrete below, beside her car. Very sad. I'm sure what she saw was a lot worse than what we could see from our position. His backpack was covering his head, from our view above.

Ok I had to reply when I saw this stated because there is so much irony. I served in the Army with Heath, we were both parachute riggers. I was stationed at airborne school, parachute rigger school and in the same unit with him. I am sorry to hear about what had happened, I am really shocked and can only hope he didn't suffer. To his family, I have several pictures of him I found when in the service and would be happy to share. I hope this will bring some comfort and show that the universe seems to always come together in strange ways. I was just doing laundry the other day and his name popped in my head (10 years later) and thought "hey I am going to look him up on FB and see what he's up to" only to find out the bad news. I have always known him to be a risk taker but this is such a tragedy.

i just realized: today is September 3rd....2 yrs after he passed away

 

[Don in E Texas]

Reminder to all... ride safe

Glad to see the post brought up to the top. Time to reflect on a Lost Brother 2 yrs ago. I'm sure family and friends are also reflecting back on him. Sorry for the loss of a family member and friend to many.