A mother wanted her loved ones to hear from her before they heard it on the news, but the words she had to write would leave no part of their family untouched.
On October 24, 2026, Mark Hendrickson, 46, and his sons Alan Hendrickson, 15, and Case Hendrickson, 13, lost their lives in Colorado’s remote backcountry.
Before that morning was over, an emergency response was underway near Swampy Pass, while the terrible task of telling people would fall to a woman who had just lost her husband and two boys together.
