By Eve Tahmincioglu
Tragic events impacting several families came down to a father choosing his son over his job.
It’s a story that has been playing out in the local and national media for some time, and ended yesterday with jail time for the dad.
A Philadelphia tugboat pilot, Matthew Devlin, was sentenced to a year in prison yesterday for putting aside his work to deal with a family emergency, a decision that ended up costing the lives of two young students who were on the boat he was navigating that day. His wife called him on his cell phone to tell him a routine surgery on his son had gone bad, and he spent the rest of his time on the phone and sending emails form his laptop, distracting him from his job at hand. His actions that day led to a tragic crash.
In another time, the... More...
