Ive havnt been on the computer much the last few days, and when i woke up this morning i had some "RIP Chris Henry" texts. I figured it out this morning. Terrible news to get. First Darrent Williams, Then Sean Taylor, now Chris Henry. All 3 passed on in different ways, but all 3 were great young players in the pro football. He will missed.
Amen to that, he had started to turn his life around and head in a better direction just to have it cut short. I feel really bad for his three young children.
these are some of the saddest days, when a player dies, in the League. one would hope that people see these things that happen, happen to entertainers as well. whether it being drowning at sea, dying from a heat illness or car wrecks people who will never be on tv are called home everyday. let us pray and mourn all of them the same.
Isaiah, obviously you are closer to alot of these guys than us...I feel sorry for his children but also wonder why he just could not get right for them as well. When I first heard of this I wondered if he was actually doing better over the last year, or if he had just gotten lucky and not had anything come to light. Domestic dispute at his fiancees mother house where they were living???, jumps in the back of a truck only to be thrown out 1/2 mile down the road. I can assure you she was sitting at his bedside to avoid a manslaughter charge. She was not curbside when he fell out of that truck in broad daylight and left to die. Prayers to his family, especially those 3 kids that will not see their father again.
Sorry, my feelings are a bit different. The guy went after his fiance during a domestic dispute, jumped in the back of a truck, as she was apparently fleeing, and then ended up getting thrown from the vehicle causing his death. So if he hadn't fallen from/been thrown from the truck, and he'd gotten to her and beat her up, then what would the reactions of everyone be???? He was a THUG-wanna-be, that was nothing but TROUBLE for a LONG time, and I can't buy that he'd really turned his life around that much if he was killed during a domestic dispute with his fiance..... Had he not been a football player, and you ran across the story on the local "News at 11," most of your attitudes would've been "Good Riddance," but since he was a famed football player, the treatment is different. It's too bad that those 3 children will grow up without a father, but it's difficult to tell whether he'd have really been a very good father w/ all the trouble he'd been in, and they will never know, but the circumstances around his death don't bid well to what likely happened in the last hours of his life.
1st of all, I don't give anyone "special" treatment!!! Sports stars, movie stars, regular Joe moe's, or whatever they are It's a sad story regardless of their stature unless the puke Is a puke. No one knows If he was trying to catch his g/f to beat her, that's speculation. The guy has been through some bad stuff but from the sounds of It he was turning a corner for the better.
I agree that famous peoples' "troubles" are easily forgotten when they die. With that said, I would never say "good riddance" to anyone's death. I don't like to judge people. I don't pretend to know where they came from or what their up-bringing was. I know I was lucky to have the childhood I did. I don't pretend to think everyone was lucky enough to be raised the way I was.
The 911 caller stated Henry told his fiance to stop and talk or he will jump and kill himself. It's all about them poor kids.
it's sad that he died. it's also been reported he was turning his life around, for whatever that's worth, whether he was or he just hadn't gotten in trouble lately, who knows. what i have an issue with is people always using upbringing or a hard life as an excuse. you have the ability to do whatever you want in life, the choice is yours. what happens to us when we are young does have a direct influence, but only an influence. you have to be responsible for your own actions. RESPONSIBILITY is the key here and now everyone has an excuse or reason to blame something or someone else. blaming a hard life is crap, many people that have a hard life or horrible things happen to them go on to live productive lives. when pro athletes or actors or government officials go and do stupid stuff, they chose to do those things, it's not because of how or where they were raised. people need to be held responsible for the things they do and choices they make.... period. just my opinion, sorry for the rant
Another caller said he was beating on the back glass...no one will ever really know, because now that fiancee has to play the good role to get that money, as everyone has said 3 kids are the real losers here. He was also someone child no matter if he was good or bad. My only problem with this is if you cannot get right for the kids your are a piss poor individual period.
I just think, until you walk in another man's shoes, how can you judge him? While some of us believe we have had or seen hard times, we really have no idea what another person has gone through. I spent a lot of time in two of MI's poorest cities, Detroit and Flint. Both from playing sports and volunteering. It was a completely different world from the one I lived in even though I lived within 30 miles of both cities. I had no idea what a "tough life" really meant. That really opened my eyes.
Sad, tragic loss for the family of Chris Henry. If your going to feel bad for the loss of life, remember guys like this too: http://freedomremembered.com/index.php/tech-sgt-anthony-c-campbell-jr/
Chris Henery... ...is a thug. Fact is you get what you got coming. He was just lucky to have a second chance in the NFL and he could not even keep that straight.
