I Found Out That I Lost a Friend Today:
by Raymond St. Martin (Saint) on Feb 25, 2010 7:33 PM PST
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A brother of mine since the day I met him, My #4 man, decided to take his life to a cheering crowd. My friend was on a ledge and the crowd wanted his blood. He thought about it for a while and then...Jumped! Dead! (And they took pictures as the Policemen laughed)
My friend laid bleeding and after 30 seconds was declared dead. Dill Pickle, I miss you man!!!!
Forgive me my tears,
Raymond
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wow. Tragic, dude. My deepest condolences, brother
I have lost and buried way too many of my friends, younger than me, two of which happened in the last year.
Let us take this time to remember, none of us are promised tomorrow, and we have only today to do what is right, and what we know we should. May we never wait again to do those things, and let moments like these remind us why.
His family and firends will be in my prayers.
"If your only ambition in life, is to be a better person; well, that's just the best ambition you can have..." Wayne "Rabbit" Bartholomew
Thank You Brother...He will need many prayers...
It is all about coming together as a team. At the end of the day, the team is all we have. - T. Branch 10-14-09
by Raymond St. Martin (Saint) on Feb 25, 2010 7:54 PM PST up reply actions
Saint, why did he do this?!
Horrible vampires, that’s what we’ve come to be. But why-why did he have to do this? Do you know?
I really don't know...
That is what is haunting me. I just found out this morning and am typically not set to handle something like this. This is my first close friend to pass away.
It is all about coming together as a team. At the end of the day, the team is all we have. - T. Branch 10-14-09
by Raymond St. Martin (Saint) on Feb 25, 2010 7:56 PM PST up reply actions
No warning...Nothing but photos on the internet...
I will have contact with the family by tomorrow and “could” have a much better perspective on the reason why. I got lost in phone tag with him after he’d come back from Europe and then he was dead.
In the photo it looked like he was stepping out onto his balcony, as he would in a Sardina. Then he jump/slipped.
It is all about coming together as a team. At the end of the day, the team is all we have. - T. Branch 10-14-09
by Raymond St. Martin (Saint) on Feb 25, 2010 7:59 PM PST up reply actions
I had a friend who hanged herself
and it was a really absurd scenario—she called me and another friend to tell us about it, thinking that we, as usual, we rush over and save her (she’d attempted suicide before). But we were studying for exams and thought she was just bluffing again (although I don’t think she was ever bluffing), so we didn’t go over. Haunting.
by Spirals galore on Feb 25, 2010 8:11 PM PST up reply actions
It's just unfathomable at this point...
It is all about coming together as a team. At the end of the day, the team is all we have. - T. Branch 10-14-09
by Raymond St. Martin (Saint) on Feb 25, 2010 10:06 PM PST up reply actions
I have one friend who took his life. He did it after he'd committed a double murder - his wife and her lover
That was in the late ‘80s and I still remember him and pray for him. He was a year ahead of me and my inspiration at DE, wore #41 – Rich Johnson – I wasn’t able to get his number but played his position when he graduated. Great guy, always was cheerful and very crazy but got involved with drugs. He was probably wired on something when overcome with jealousy. Rich killed himself a week after the shootings taking his life on the fresh grave of his wife as the police were moving in on him.
by Sons-of-Blanda on Feb 25, 2010 8:15 PM PST up reply actions
Wow...
It is all about coming together as a team. At the end of the day, the team is all we have. - T. Branch 10-14-09
by Raymond St. Martin (Saint) on Feb 25, 2010 10:07 PM PST up reply actions
Hmmm...... The god awful part this story was.....
When people were yelling “JUMP!” during this event man. I really can’t see how these losers were laughing at a man that just lost his life. May Jehovah God have mercy on this man’s death brother. RIP
Us humans
Are a sad excuse for a race. People yelling “jump” as this confused man is so frusterating and just brings me to tears. May your friend live long and happy in the afterlife.
If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?
- Vince Lombardi
the shame of it is
he went out as a sideshow. What was the issue? was he doped up or was this intentional? of course people are insensitive. Everyone has issues, life is rough but you take accountability for yourself. Suicide is giving up so that was his choice. He decided to make a spectacle of himself in his underwear.
what do you mean he was your #4 man? you rank your friends?
by Al's Wingman on Feb 25, 2010 11:18 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Dude
Not the right time for a comment like this.. Show some heart and apologize to Saint for this. He lost a friend and thats what you have to say? That was Disrespectful and inappropiate
If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?
- Vince Lombardi
by Remix. on Feb 26, 2010 1:47 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I went through the list of friends that I am closest too:
I don’t usually rank friends, but, in deducing the effect this has had on me, I realized that he was the friend that I was 4th closest too on Earth.
It is all about coming together as a team. At the end of the day, the team is all we have. - T. Branch 10-14-09
by Raymond St. Martin (Saint) on Feb 26, 2010 8:27 AM PST up reply actions
Al's Al's Al's...
It has been my experience that people that say things like “Suicide is giving up” do not have the true intelligence required to have empathy. Also, they are coming from a soft, shallow and sheltered existence that does not allow them to understand true pain and are typically the type of spoiled people that do not know what an issue is and have failed to truly live in the first place.
Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.
by Rich Langford on Feb 26, 2010 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
Man thats sad
sorry for the loss man … you and the family and friends will be in my prayers
This is my city Oakland, California just to be exact il tell you where its at. Pick up a globe pick up a map see San Francisco cross the water right there exact....
- Mista F.A.B.
I'm very sorry Saint.
One of my 4 horsemen from college took his own life as well. I hope you take some comfort in the fact that we all grieve with you and our thoughts are with you. It kills me to know that you have to deal with this. It is so hard to wrap your head around. My contact info is in my profile. Please let me know if you’d like to rap sometime. He’s going to be in your head everyday for quite a while.
Again, my sincerest condolences.
You're right about being in my head
It is all about coming together as a team. At the end of the day, the team is all we have. - T. Branch 10-14-09
by Raymond St. Martin (Saint) on Feb 26, 2010 8:28 AM PST up reply actions
And I'm sincere in my offer.
Just helped my wife through a similar stuation. I’m glad I didn’t have but it would have been nice to have had someone at the time who would have known what I was going through.
Likewise, Saint. My most recent loss of a friend's death was speculated to be a suicide
and I’ve never bothered to find out what really happened. I guess I don’t want to know.
Feel free to hit me on my email for anything, as well. When my brother-in-law lost his young child of less than a year and blamed himself, I thought I would never be the same, for what seemed an eternity. Expressing yourself definitely helps us deal with it, and I am grateful for the great friends who extended the offer to me, and that I took them up on it regularly.
Anytime. Don’t hesitate.
"If your only ambition in life, is to be a better person; well, that's just the best ambition you can have..." Wayne "Rabbit" Bartholomew
Damn, I'm sorry man.
That’s very tough. I never had this kind of experience before, but my thoughts and prayers are with you.
My thoughts and prayers are with you
And your family and friends family during this tragic time.
"Mel Kiper has his opinion and I respect it. But what does it mean? My 9-year-old nephew can watch film and make an opinion. I think I value the opinion of scouts who get paid to make their opinions. It will carry me through my career. It will serve as motivation for me." - Mike Mitchell
"I'll be the guy on top of the Quarterback" - Richard Seymour
Here they come baby, Just win baby, Feel the storm of the cold autum wind baby
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by Ozraider on Feb 26, 2010 2:33 PM PST via mobile reply actions
My condolences
I dont usually respond to these things because I fear the wrong words may come out and I prefer to be with my own thoughts when I have such things enter my life.
Shame on the people that encouraged him, Karma often rears its ugly head in such instances and those people must be very bitter in their lives.
I once again say my condolences and best wishes for closure sooner rather than later and atleast one day.
Win at all costs! Winning ugly is still winning! Remember the past and what got us to the top before. Jim Plunkett and winning ugly......enough said!
by TheLyleAlzadoPunch on Feb 26, 2010 5:23 PM PST reply actions
I can relate to that. Sorrow for me is a rare emotion (or well disguised by anger), at any rate we all have to go through it
but if not taken too far – it can be a deadly emotion.
by Sons-of-Blanda on Feb 26, 2010 7:52 PM PST up reply actions
i am sorry
for u loss saint stuff like that why i live each day like my last so i have no regests
okay i have cerebral palsy arthris and chronic fatigue as well i have a great life and loveing folks some days are better than other days i got a make-a-wish in 2001 and saw my favorite team the broncos it was the trip of a lifetime i wish everyone couild have gotten to enjoy that with me i know some of u hate the broncos and that okay but i bleed organ and bule for my mnr fans but i bleed orange and blue denver will rise again resident broncos fan for every blog resident broncos for stampede bule thanks shvd98z24
been thinking for days....
and i cant seem to stop thinking why it is people chose to take their own lives.why do people stop wanting to live.what can be so wrong.i have no answer i doth anybody has.i have given up on life two years ago but i cant kill myself.i have a son he is 12 if i die then what happens to him.but reading peoples responses has help me.i will get up tomorrow and stop hating life.i will search for a job and i will love myself.i will live..
some people feel
that their life is not very important. they feel that they are walking ghosts, or shadows, of themselves, and that they seem to be misplaced in society, or misplaced in the general world.
Sorry for the strait-forwardness. This situation is tragic.
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