Remembering Lives Lost in a Rampage.

MANCHESTER, Conn. -- They were burly men who supported their families with an all-American pursuit: getting kegs and cases of Budweiser from the warehouse to store shelves and saloons. Husbands and fathers, even a grandfather among them, they had collectively held their jobs for well over a century at a family-owned business that had been remarkably stable. They drove trucks and operated forklifts at Hartford Distributors here. A few of them were hanging on for a comfortable retirement, to be cushioned by substantial pensions. Some were still working to cover mortgages and college tuitions to come. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]