In a second, the twin brothers were each hurtled their own way.
Then, as always, they came back together.
On the evening of Nov. 15, Philip and John Duff had just come from St. Luke United Methodist Church on Alumni Drive in Lexington, KY and were on their way to a nearby Applebee's to watch the broadcast of the University of Kentucky men's basketball game against Kansas.
It was about 9:30 p.m.
The road was wet. Their Camry skidded and spun. Another car hit the driver's side.
Phil's side.
As the ambulance was on its way, John called his mother. Phil's hurt pretty bad, he said.
Janet Duff rushed to the site. She remembers how slippery the pavement was, the feel of her shoes struggling to gain traction to get to her injured son.
At the time of the accident, Phil was a UK senior who wanted to be a minister. He played a beautiful, silky saxophone. John, also a UK senior, had planned to go to graduate school in math. Then there was the moment of impact on a rainy night, just after leaving church.
Normally, this would be the moment when a family shatters, each into his or her own private universe of suffering.
That is not what happened to the Duffs.
Relying on faith
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