My Son’s Classmate Died

November 18, 2025 by Charlie Gipple, CFP, CLU, ChFC

Last month as I was driving to the grocery store, about a mile up my road the police had
completely blocked it off. This may be a common thing in a place like New York City,
but in the suburban area of Johnston, Iowa, something bad had obviously happened. A
couple of hours later my 18-year-old son learned that one of his classmates and
basketball teammates had rolled his car off that road and he (Jok) was in the hospital.
The road was not a highway. On the contrary, it had a low speed limit without any
intersections, etc. So, we assumed that he would recover from whatever minor injuries
he had and be perfectly fine, possibly the next day.

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Originally Posted at Broker World Mag on October 1, 2025 by Charlie Gipple, CFP, CLU, ChFC.