My husband and I owned a restaurant back in 2006. We had to let a cook go due to cut backs, the guy was apparently mentally ill and he got very angry and burned my husband with the fryer grease. He suffered extensive 3rd and 4th degree burns over 40 percent of his body. My kids(his step kids) witnessed this tragedy so it was very hard on the whole family.he spent several weeks in the hospita burn unit and several months at home recovering. He was diagnosed with PTSD post traumatic stress disorder. Before this tragedy my husband was a very happy funny amazing man. He was the best. Unfortunately he never emotionally recovered from this tragedy. On thanksgiving day this year 2011 he was visiting his dad in tennessee. His dad left the house and when he returned he found my husband hanging from a rope in his closet, because PTSD had affected him so badly it had taken him over emotionally and he lost control and I lost him. I lost my husband on thanksgiving day.the day that im supposed to be thankful I lost my husband why should I ever be thankful on that day again? And the guy who burned him only got sentenced to 9 years in prison. My husband got a death sentence and that jerk only got nine years. My husband was the primary bread winner.I worked full time, but when my husband died my boss fired me because according to him I was too upset to work and I wasn't focused and I lost my drive and ambition. Im pretty sure there are so many illegal things about the way he fired me but I was an independent contractor so I don't think there is anything I can do about it and even if there is I can't afford a lawyer, im about to lose my apartment and my electricity is about to get shut off. The funeral cost almost $7,000.00 and my kids were from a previous marriage so im not eligible for the survivor benefits from social security. I don't know what to do.I feel like my world is crumbling under my feet and I just can't keep it together.if anybody knows of any assistance programs our there please, let me know. I'm desperate. Thanks, God bless you all, I know I'm not the only one who's lost someone, my heart goes out to everyone who's lost a loved one.
