Twelve years ago, Joe Martinez’s life changed forever. Late one night, he received a call no parent ever wants to get — his 21-year-old son, Paul, had been struck by a car while crossing a street near his home in Fresno, California.
Less than two hours later, Martinez stood in the emergency room, staring in disbelief at his son’s body, covered by a sheet.
“It looked like he was asleep,” Martinez recalls. “All I wanted to do was wake him up and say, ‘Let’s go home.’”…