This book is based on actual events. It is the story of how the lives of an average middle-aged couple were completely disrupted by extraordinary events. It is the story of how normal people living relatively obscure lives found themselves swept up in extraordinary events that seemed to be completely out of control. It is an emotionally charged story of the lives of people affected by trouble that came unexpectedly to their door. It will take you along on the emotional journey that real people lived and endured. The importance of this story is not just that normal people had their lives changed forever (although they did). The real importance of this story is that if these horrendous events could happen to such normal, nondescript people as these people, then they could surely happen to anyone. They could even happen to you. This is the first book in a three-part series. The next book will be called Living Suspended Lives.