Rick Hill, our support teammate coordinated placement of our flags around the property and once complete we gathered for our general briefing with our riders. After the briefing we assumed the Flag Line next to the building and waited for family and friends. Fifteen minutes into our mission we heard a loud crash and bang from the east entry of the parking lot we were standing in front of. Family and riders began to run that direction as we  discovered that a car about to turn into the funeral home had just been struck hard from behind and rolled up on to the grass by the entry. The car came to rest on it's left side. Several of the family jumped up and open the passengers door and began to extract the woman from the passengers seat. Then two small boys and finally a man which and been driving. Unbelievably I was told this was our widow and her two sons and another family member. Police and emergency had been called as the family was taken inside the funeral home to be check out. The car that had hit the family was driven by a man with a woman and child in it. They two seemed to be pretty shaken but not seriously injured. An unimaginable event on a very somber morning that turned out as good as could be hoped for. Both cars were probably totaled. 
After about a 30 minutes delay the service started and we returned the flags to Ricks truck, conducted our briefing and dismissed our riders to others missions and the meet and great later in the day. Special thanks' to Jim and Barbra Wiggins for coming in to serve as #2 and photographer, Rick Hill for support, our two new riders John and Paul as well as our regulars that made our mission a success.   