{"id":3822,"date":"2008-09-12T04:32:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-12T04:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=3822"},"modified":"2025-09-30T01:02:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T01:02:34","slug":"father-who-died-saving-his-disabled-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=3822","title":{"rendered":"Father who died saving his disabled son"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The grown son had Down&#39;s Syndrome. This is a great story, please read the whole thing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/09\/09\/AR2008090903691.html?hpid=moreheadlines\"><font color=\"#800080\">Father Who Died Saving Son Known For Sacrifice &#8211; washingtonpost.com<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\">\n<p>When Joseph, 20, who has Down syndrome, fell into a septic tank Monday in his back yard, Vander Woude jumped in after him. He saved him. And he died where he spent so much time living: at his son&#39;s side. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;That&#39;s how he lived,&quot; Vander Woude&#39;s daughter-in-law and neighbor, Maryan Vander Woude, said yesterday. &quot;He lived sacrificing his life, everything, for his family.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>For those who knew him, Vander Woude&#39;s sacrifice was in keeping with a lifetime of giving. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The grown son had Down&#39;s Syndrome. This is a great story, please read the whole thing. Father Who Died Saving Son Known For Sacrifice &#8211; washingtonpost.com When Joseph, 20, who has Down syndrome, fell into a septic tank Monday in his back yard, Vander Woude jumped in after him. He saved him. And he died [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3822"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6463,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3822\/revisions\/6463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}