look at her wedding picture every morning when I get up. They always say that losing a child is worse than losing a parent. That's true. Parents are supposed to die first. At least I had her for 44 years." The median age of survival for a cystic-fibrosis victim is 31 years of age.
             The only thing that gets his mind off the loss of his daughter is driving. "Once I get out on the road, I kind of forget about it," he says.
             When Emil is on the road, his mind returns to the life he has known for half a century. "I wish I'd kept a diary," he says, reminiscing about trucking in the days of yore. "We didn't have any superhighways, only two-lane roads. If we made 100 miles every three hours, we thought that was good. Today, if you don't make 200 miles in three hours, you're doing terrible."
             His first truck was a 1946 KB-7 International. It would do about 50 mph downhill or about 35-40 mph normally, depending on the load." The truck had a 26-foot, single-axle trailer. There were no air brakes or sleeper bunks in those days. In fact, sle
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