A story appeared in the newspapers on January second of this year. It was about a seventy-one-year old man in Evansville, Indiana who had his life saved in a most unusual way. A truck smashed into his house.  It was 2:35 a.m. when a driver lost control of his truck on wet pavement, struck the curb and sailed on to the porch of Lee Roy Book's house. Later, a utility crew sought to restore electricity to Book's home and to check for gas leaks. They discovered that Book's chimney and pipes were plugged with two feet of soot and leaves. The blockage was causing odorless, poisonous carbon monoxide fumes generated from burning natural gas to back up into the house. 

For the past two years Book, who lives alone, has been sick with classic flu-like symptoms, including chills, nausea, shakes and h…