16 year old struck after leaving the Blazers Game

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  1. JFizzleRaider

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    wow is all I have to say to this.
     
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  2. Nate Dogg

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    Especially if it was only his second time at the RG for a Blazer game, one of the guardians or friends should have left with him outside the doors if everything was still unfamiliar to him.
    The last RG person who saw him leave will definitely have guilt trip feelings towards themselves but they shouldn't really. Keeping informed by various workers at the RG there was radio traffic about his aware abouts and him leaving the south doors at a certain time heading towards the max station.
    I do give out my condolences to his family, his recovery and his other friends feeling guilty on this matter. I just hope there isn't a lawsuit against the RG and its staff for something that it wasn't completely responsibility on.
     
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    Did they know he had down syndrome (maybe a result of him being in a suite?) and were they given any orders to watch him?

    I don't see the Rose Garden being responsible. I've never really seen any staff at a sports arena being concerned with much more than keeping you out of seats better than your tickets are.
     
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    All that we suspected that he had was a "mental issue" mishap but it didn't come across as "down syndrome". There are certain things that can't be said on the radio (down syndrome), since everything is being recorded through the command center.
    There are at least 3 lines of radio frequencies that are used by the RG staff, and they can switch to dispatch/command center. Thats all I can reveal.
     
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    This is what I responded to:

    I may be multiple decades removed from high school, but I know when someone is making a HUGE assumption - one that turned out, as they often do, to be incorrect. You were "pretty sure" you knew something about this poor kid's situation when, in fact, you didn't.

    Such unfounded, baseless speculation is highly inappropriate in such a tragic situation as this. If that makes me "out of touch" in your eyes, I'm glad.

    BNM
     
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    Very uncalled for, and not an ethical assumption on his IQ, common sense, etc. Very unjust and just plain crude.
     
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    Watching the news this morning and they had a interview with the boys father. Two cars hit the boy and his father said that they shouldn't blame themselves and that they were praying for them. He said that he wondered away from care takers. The father said another son called and ask if he should come home to say goodbye to him? He ask the surgeon and he told him yes. Hopefully he has improved since then.

    They said the boy almost died at birth and that his mom wrote a book about it that is going to be release soon or has just been released.

    Ooops, just seen it again and she wrote the book 16 years ago.
     
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    You care to elaborate?
     
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    John and Pam, the mother and father, are wonderful people. I believe Pam has written several books on different subjects.
     
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    I'm glad the boy seems to be recovering.

    And, just like a lot of pretend doctors don't know Oden's condition, a lot of pretend educators don't know this boy's. So why can't we just send best wishes, to both of them?

    While it was not the Blazers' fault, I think it would be nice, if/when the boy regains consciousness, to send some souvenirs or even have a couple of players visit him in the hospital.
     
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    I agree and certainly send best wishes. And as his father did I hope the drivers don't blame themselves. I know how I would feel if I hit a kid even if it wasn't my fault.
     
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    They have an account set up at B of A for medical donations. Great family who make a decent living, but as pastors and authors they don't have medical coverage. The job John lost was him leaving a church as pastor to start his own church. They are sending there older son through school at U of Tenn.


    Here is the latest update from his sister.


    That was about 4 hours ago.
     
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    Sweet.

    http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2009/03/pacers_at_trail_blazers.html

     
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    KGW had a nice piece on the kid during tonight's 6pm newscast.
     
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    This article explains in more detail what happen.

    http://www.katu.com/news/40666122.html

     
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  18. Nate Dogg

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    Posted today on KGW's website.
     
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    This situation is quite sad, and I'm not trying to make fun of it by saying I would've thought Canzano would've been all over this by now.

    It's good to hear MM's report from his sister about this...thanks for the updates.
     
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    Update a little while ago

     
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