A woman in Northumberland County is mourning her husband's death earlier this month in Iraq.
He was electrocuted and she said it's not the first time it has happened to contractors working overseas.
Adam Hermanson was doing what many of us do every day when he died; taking a shower. He was far from home, working as a security contractor in Baghdad's Green Zone.
Now his wife and her family want to know who is responsible for his untimely death.
"I'm going to keep fighting for him. He fought for me, now it's my time to fight for him," said Janine Hermanson.
She lives with her parents near Muncy. Her late husband's belongings sit on the back porch.
"It's been a month now and they still don't know who had a contract or contracts on his facility such as building or who had to maintain his facility," Hermanson said.
She added the couple planned to buy a home in the Muncy area when her husband finished working for the firm Triple Canopy. Now she spends hours every day trying to find out what went wrong.
Her father said Adam Hermanson did not deserve to die like this.
"Our poor daughter. No husband, 25 years old. This is insanity," said Janine Hermanson's father, John Sivak.
Hermanson said she and her husband served in the Air Force. It's where they met. Following his death, she said, she isn't getting straight answers from company officials or military officials.
Not only that, but Hermanson has learned her husband's case would make the 19th electrocution death in Iraq since 2003. That includes service members and contractors.
Senator Bob Casey said he has been working on this issue since early 2008 and is filing an amendment that would require inspections on any contract work paid for by taxpayers.
"It's disturbing and troubling that we have to file an amendment like this. (It) should be part of what Army does anyway," Casey said Tuesday.
As for Janine Hermanson, she doesn't plan on giving up her quest for answers.
"I'm going to make sure who's responsible and make this stop," she vowed. "I'm tired of people not talking to me. I have every right to know what happened to my husband."
Senator Casey said that amendment could take months to pass.
The state department is also investigating the situation.
He was electrocuted and she said it's not the first time it has happened to contractors working overseas.
Adam Hermanson was doing what many of us do every day when he died; taking a shower. He was far from home, working as a security contractor in Baghdad's Green Zone.
Now his wife and her family want to know who is responsible for his untimely death.
"I'm going to keep fighting for him. He fought for me, now it's my time to fight for him," said Janine Hermanson.
She lives with her parents near Muncy. Her late husband's belongings sit on the back porch.
"It's been a month now and they still don't know who had a contract or contracts on his facility such as building or who had to maintain his facility," Hermanson said.
She added the couple planned to buy a home in the Muncy area when her husband finished working for the firm Triple Canopy. Now she spends hours every day trying to find out what went wrong.
Her father said Adam Hermanson did not deserve to die like this.
"Our poor daughter. No husband, 25 years old. This is insanity," said Janine Hermanson's father, John Sivak.
Hermanson said she and her husband served in the Air Force. It's where they met. Following his death, she said, she isn't getting straight answers from company officials or military officials.
Not only that, but Hermanson has learned her husband's case would make the 19th electrocution death in Iraq since 2003. That includes service members and contractors.
Senator Bob Casey said he has been working on this issue since early 2008 and is filing an amendment that would require inspections on any contract work paid for by taxpayers.
"It's disturbing and troubling that we have to file an amendment like this. (It) should be part of what Army does anyway," Casey said Tuesday.
As for Janine Hermanson, she doesn't plan on giving up her quest for answers.
"I'm going to make sure who's responsible and make this stop," she vowed. "I'm tired of people not talking to me. I have every right to know what happened to my husband."
Senator Casey said that amendment could take months to pass.
The state department is also investigating the situation.
