Natalie and Caroline Kucko told me the following stories, through email, about their father’s immediate response after a crisis. Not quite a month ago, John Kucko was on the way home from photographing a double rainbow at Letchworth State Park. He had a seizure as he drove toward Rochester. His vehicle crashed.
When Kucko woke up at the hospital, his daughters noted he had two things on his mind. One regarded Caroline, who was marrying her high school sweetheart, Max Hoadley, that Saturday. Kucko said he intended to be there, and he was.
The other imperative involved the Union Pacific “Big Boy” 4014 locomotive, which would soon cross Kucko’s beloved railroad trestle at Letchworth. He had planned on sharing that moment with his massive social media audience…