Logan Hunter's mom says she continues to feel empty after the loss of her son and always keeps Logan’s bedroom door closed.
Shauna Nordstrom said she keeps the door closed so his smell won’t disappear.
“While I cry laying on his bed, I can’t breathe. I feel numb and lost,” she said.
Shauna’s statement was one of dozens of victim impact statements submitted to the court in the sentencing of Jaskirat Singh Sidhu this week. Logan died last April when Sidhu's truck collided with the Humboldt Broncos team bus. The collision killed 16 people, including former St. Albert Raiders hockey players Logan, Jaxon Joseph, Conner Lukan and Stephen Wack, and injured 13 others.
Shauna's statement was read into court by Logan's billet mom, Rene Cannon.
Logan was Shauna’s only son, and she remembers the day he was born and how her life felt complete.
“The day he was gone, my life was destroyed. My heart, forever broken. The details of this accident and the way my son died never stop haunting me. My life is forever changed,” she said.
The mother said it was hard to write the statement but she did it for her son.
“Writing that statement took everything out of me. I did it for Logan,” Shauna said.
“It’s like April 6 all over (again) for our family.”
Logan’s sister, Shelby, submitted a victim impact statement to the court and described the physical pain his loss has caused to her.
"My body still aches when I'm reminded by the fact I lost the most important person in my life,” Shelby said.
"That day, I lost a huge part of who I am and who influenced me in who I wanted to be."
Shauna said most days don't feel real and just feel like a horrible nightmare they have to live through.
“The facts are devastating to face. It's been way too long since I hugged my boy and said, ‘Great game, son.’”
She said he was always teasing her with some practical joke that she always fell for.
"My son has been robbed of so many life experiences, and so have I,” she said.
Sidhu pleaded guilty to 29 counts of dangerous driving earlier this month.
The Crown is asking for 10 years for each count he pleaded guilty to, to be served concurrently, with a 10-year driving ban. The defence did not seek a specific sentence but cited cases involving sentences between 1.5 and 4.5 years.
Judge Inez Cardinal has reserved her decision for March 22 in Melfort, Sask.
