It's a sad thing

[lonekimono]

I want to start this by saying that i have been in kenpo since 1965 and i have been a father for 25 years.
I have been though alot of things in life and there were ups and downs.
The other night 3-14-03 i was driving home from work it was about 10:15 pm,well my cell phone rings it was my wife telling me that there is a problem,you see my son keith opened up the dojo that night and taught while i was at my other job.
well after he closed the school him and his cousin(my nephew)
and his girlfriend went to a party in south philly,anyway she tells me that they are taking my nephew to the hospital because of a drug overdose i said WHAT?????
so i went to the hospital (i was the first one there) and went up to security and told them his name they took me to were he was.
so i walk into the room and he was there on the bed so i went over to talk to him, i said "MIKE WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?"
i went outside the room to talk to the doctor,i said look i'm this boys uncle whats going on? he said did you talk to him? i said yes
he said I'M SORRY HE'S DEAD i was talking to my dead nephew.
i will never forget his face as i looked at him. as for my son he's taking it HARD because he could do nothing to stop his cousin.
He is taking the blame for this,I don't know what to say to him.
but i know what to say here right now DRUGS KILL if any of the people reading this has kids or know someone who is doing drugs
talk to them PLEASE i don't have to tell you what the drug was but it went into his arm.




to my nephew, god bless you

it's a sad thing
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[Master of Blades]

Originally posted by lonekimono
I want to start this by saying that i have been in kenpo since 1965 and i have been a father for 25 years.
I have been though alot of things in life and there were ups and downs.
The other night 3-14-03 i was driving home from work it was about 10:15 pm,well my cell phone rings it was my wife telling me that there is a problem,you see my son keith opened up the dojo that night and taught while i was at my other job.
well after he closed the school him and his cousin(my nephew)
and his girlfriend went to a party in south philly,anyway she tells me that they are taking my nephew to the hospital because of a drug overdose i said WHAT?????
so i went to the hospital (i was the first one there) and went up to security and told them his name they took me to were he was.
so i walk into the room and he was there on the bed so i went over to talk to him, i said "MIKE WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?"
i went outside the room to talk to the doctor,i said look i'm this boys uncle whats going on? he said did you talk to him? i said yes
he said I'M SORRY HE'S DEAD i was talking to my dead nephew.
i will never forget his face as i looked at him. as for my son he's taking it HARD because he could do nothing to stop his cousin.
He is taking the blame for this,I don't know what to say to him.
but i know what to say here right now DRUGS KILL if any of the people reading this has kids or know someone who is doing drugs
talk to them PLEASE i don't have to tell you what the drug was but it went into his arm.




to my nephew, god bless you

it's a sad thing
:(

I'm really sorry :( :asian:

[Kirk]

My thoughts are with you and your family sir. Sorry to hear of
such a tragedy.

[tarabos]

very sorry for your loss....

[chufeng]

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[Rich Parsons]

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[Disco]

George. my deepest sympathy. It's the times we live in. I too am from the same era that you are from. I have seen our country change so drasticly over the past twenty years that it scares me to think were we are headed. To many young lives have been lost to the drug problem. Our War on Drugs is like all the so-called wars weve been in from Vietnam. All lip service and the job never gets finished. Give your son our best wishes and we will say a prayer for everybody. Stay strong.......

[rachel]

I am so sorry for your loss. My condolences to your entire family.

[Zepp]

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[jeffkyle]

Sorry about your loss! :( My deepest condolonces.

[dearnis.com]

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[theletch1]

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[MartialArtist]

That's a major blow to the family, and nobody can replace him. Do you know what drug(s) he OD'ed on?

[muayThaiPerson]

i had a friend who didnt die but loss her memory, has permanent brain damage, and serious emotional problems due to extascy

[yilisifu]

I am terribly sorry to hear this. Please accept my deepest condolences.

[Yari]

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[D.Cobb]

Sir, I believe the title of this thread says it all.......

It truly is a sad thing, you and your family are in my prayers.

Also, my thoughts are with your son.

Condolences to all.

--Dave

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[Damian Mavis]

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[CHUNNER]

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[Bod]

My condolences to you, to your son, and to all those personally affected by this pointless waste of life.

My heart goes out to you.

[brianhunter]

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Im a police officer and regularly give presentations on drugs to high school kids. I would like to use your story with your permission. Maybe it can help someone else wake up.

Condolences:(

[lonekimono]

I want to say THANK YOU to everyone who saw this and for all the kind word's.
There are two times in life when you can open your heart,
you can open your heart for love,caring, and feeling's
and the other is WHEN IT BREAKS.

:(

[lonekimono]

if this could help other people with kid's that have this problem
then PLEASE use this .



yours in kenpo:asian:

[Kenpo_Norm]

What a tragedy. Sorry for your loss.

[Jill666]

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[Cthulhu]

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