NONFICTION

My Son Escaped Death as His Car Went Up in Flames and Exploded

And he was blamed for the whole mess

Klara Jane Holloway

Published in

The Narrative Arc

5 min readMar 17

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headline saying “ice strikes again” — The front page of the local paper with my son’s car on fire on 1/6/2009. Photo property of KJH

The events of January 6, 2009, will never leave my memory.

It could have been the date of my 21-year-old son’s death.

I had a tennis match that evening, and my husband came with me to watch my team play.

Klara Jane Holloway

Written by Klara Jane Holloway

Writer for

The Narrative Arc

I write about my experiences in life. Some mundane, some sad, some funny, and hopefully none boring! And, I now have top writer status in “Life”.

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