Some deaths cause an individual to just stop! These are individuals who have lived such a good life by giving of themselves in ways few have and out of the blue just leave us. We wonder is it worth it and ponder why? Mark Woods was such a man who dedicated so much of his life to trying to make this world better whether it be as a combat veteran, NYPD officer, Director of a member of the Clarkstown Town Board, director of peer veteran services at the nonprofit BRIDGES etc etc. He didn’t die in the call of duty but from a sudden heart attack at the age of 54. He wasn’t a “rock star” with thousands calling his name but never knowing him but a person who touched every person who was lucky to know him. G-D only knows why he’s left us this early only that it stops us to think about what it all means and how we need to put a bit of MW in our existence as well.