AT THIS POINT AUTHORITIES DO
NOT SUSPECT FOUL PLAY.
THE WATERTOWN SCHOOL
DISTRICT IS MOURNING THE LOSS
OF A LONG-TIME WRESTLING COACH
AND GYM TEACHER.
JOE TRAIN DIED UNEXPECTEDLY
YESTERDAY WHILE OUT FOR A
MORNING RUN.
HIS FAMILY SAYS HE SUFFERED A
HEART ATTACK.
HE IS BEING REMEMBERED FOR THE
BIG IMPACT HE HAD ON HIS SMALL
COMMUNITY.
I JUST LOVE WHEN WE WOULD GO
INTO TOWN OR WE WERE AT CHURCH
AND ONE OF HIS STUDENTS SEES
HIM AND THEY ARE JUST SUPER
EXCITED AND HE'LL HIGH-FIVE
THEM AND, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM A
HUG.
Reporter: JOE TRAIN SPENT 27
YEARS WORKING AS A WRESTLING
COACH AT WATER TOWN MAYOR HIGH
SCHOOL AND AS A PHYSICAL
EDUCATION TEACHER AT THE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
HIS WIFE SAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING
HE TOOK OFF FOR HIS DAILY THREE-
MILE RUN AROUND THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
HE RAN EVERY DAY OR BIKED,
AND EXCEPT DURING THE WRESTLING
SEASON.
HE WORKED OUT WITH THE KIDS.
Reporter: A NEIGHBOR KNOCKED
ON HER DOOR TO TELL HER HE
COLLAPSED AT THE END OF THE
DRIVE.
AT THE AGE OF 59, A MAN KNOWN
FOR PROMOTING PHYSICAL FITNESS,
APPARENTLY DIED OF A HEART
ATTACK.
BILL McDONALD IS THE ASSISTANT
WRESTLING COACH.
IF YOU WERE GOING TO SAY
McDONALD HAD A HEART ATTACK,
THEY WOULD SAY PROBABLY.
NEVER JOE.
NEVER.
Reporter: BECAUSE?
WE USED TO KID AROUND ALL
THE TIME HE IS IN BETTER SHAPE
THAN THE KIDS.
Reporter: JOE'S TWO SONS
HAVE MANY FOND MEMORIES OF
THEIR DAD COACHING THEM.
HE IS COOL, CALM, AND
COLLECTED.
HE WAS NEVER REALLY A HOTHEAD.
OKAY, SOMETIMES DURING
WRESTLING.
BUT LIKE OUTSIDE OF THAT HE WAS
ALWAYS CALM, LEVEL HEADED, JUST
GET YOUR WORK DONE, WORK HARD.
HIM BEING SO HUMBLE.
HE REALLY LIVED A SIMPLE LIFE.
BUT HE ALSO LOVED LIFE TO THE
FULLEST.
HE ALWAYS HAD FUN.
Reporter: ANGELA DAVIS, WCCO
4 NEWS.
JOE TRAIN WAS 59 YEARS OLD.
HIS FAMILY TELLS US JOE'S
FATHER ALSO DIED FROM A HEART
ATTACK BUT AT A MUCH OLDER AGE.
