‘He took a bullet for me’ at Falcon Lake, Hartley’s wife says
I really feel badly for this woman. On top of the tragedy, skeptics add insult for no more reason than they want reports of border troubles to be ignored or diminished. After all it breaks their template of a peaceful border.
Hot-air balloon rides, dog sledding, parasailing and scuba diving — they did it all. They also joined their church group on missions to Kenya and Juarez, Mexico. He wanted her to see the world with him.
And so she did — until September 30, when he was shot in the head while they were riding their Sea-Doo watercraft on Falcon Lake on the U.S.-Mexico border. They were taking pictures of a partially sunken church when gunmen chased them in boats. She thinks he “took a bullet” for her.