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About two months after he was elected, on January 6, 1853 , he and his wife saw their 11 year old son, Benjamin, killed when the train car they were in became uncoupled from the train and rolled down an embankment. Benjy was the only one hurt.

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Q: What happened to the son of Franklin Pierce not long before Pierce's Inauguration.?
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