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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 01:23 PM Apr 2013

8-Year-Old Victim’s Father Issues Statement

Source: TPM

TOM KLUDT 1:11 PM EDT, TUESDAY APRIL 16, 2013

The father of Martin Richard, the 8-year-old boy who was among three people killed in the Boston Marathon bombings, issued a statement on Tuesday.

In the statement, Bill Richard noted that his wife, Denise, and his daughter are both still recovering from what he described as "serious injuries."

The statement, via WBZ-TV in Boston:

My dear son Martin has died from injuries sustained in the attack on Boston. My wife and daughter are both recovering from serious injuries. We thank our family and friends, those we know and those we have never met, for their thoughts and prayers. I ask that you continue to pray for my family as we remember Martin. We also ask for your patience and for privacy as we work to simultaneously grieve and recover. Thank you.

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8-Year-Old Victim’s Father Issues Statement (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2013 OP
. AtheistCrusader Apr 2013 #1
I could never begin to fathom the depth of this father's shock and sorrow. classof56 Apr 2013 #2
Agree - especially when he saw them seconds before FreeState Apr 2013 #3
Crying. tblue Apr 2013 #13
Agree. October Apr 2013 #4
Poor bloke. nt riqster Apr 2013 #5
I am so sorry for his loss. npk Apr 2013 #6
Oh god. myrna minx Apr 2013 #7
Heartbreaking!!! Beacool Apr 2013 #8
I feel so bad for him. blackspade Apr 2013 #9
There are simply no words spiderpig Apr 2013 #10
Tragic gademocrat7 Apr 2013 #11
So, to the poster who took a shit all over those who offered prayers today, undeterred Apr 2013 #12
I thought the same thing LanternWaste Apr 2013 #15
A dad's worse nightmare . . . radicalliberal Apr 2013 #14
Turns out my wife's co-worker used to work with Bill Richard MannyGoldstein Apr 2013 #16
So awful. leftyladyfrommo Apr 2013 #17

classof56

(5,376 posts)
2. I could never begin to fathom the depth of this father's shock and sorrow.
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 01:27 PM
Apr 2013

I join those who have him and his wife and daughter in their thoughts and prayers. Words just fail at times like this.

FreeState

(10,552 posts)
3. Agree - especially when he saw them seconds before
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 01:30 PM
Apr 2013
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/04/15/perfect-day-turns-evil/W7KQHq1NWFqukte3VQ14DJ/story.html?s_campaign=sm_tw

This is how bad this is. I went out Monday night and bumped into some firefighters I know. They said one of the dead was an 8-year-old boy from Dorchester who had gone out to hug his dad after he crossed the finish line. The dad walked on; the boy went back to the sidewalk to join his mom and his little sister. And then the bomb went off. The boy was killed. His sister’s leg was blown off. His mother was badly injured. That’s just one ­family, one story.


No one should have to endure such an experience.

npk

(3,660 posts)
6. I am so sorry for his loss.
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 01:56 PM
Apr 2013

I hope that his wife and daughter can recover and this family can find peace. Very tragic for all the victims and their families.

Beacool

(30,244 posts)
8. Heartbreaking!!!
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 02:16 PM
Apr 2013

The family, like many others watching the marathon, were awaiting for a loved one to go through the finish line. The father now has to contend with a dead child, another child who lost a leg and a wife with brain injuries. I can't imagine the pain he and his family are going though. And like someone else said, that's just one family. There are so many others who are in shock by the terrible injuries of their loved ones (apparently there are quite a few amputations).

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)
10. There are simply no words
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 02:29 PM
Apr 2013

I know that horrors are perpetrated all over the world every day, but I used to live in Boston, have family there, and know the area well.

This time it's personal.

Thinking of Bill Richard and what's happened to his family make my own petty problems ridiculously miniscule.

undeterred

(34,658 posts)
12. So, to the poster who took a shit all over those who offered prayers today,
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 02:46 PM
Apr 2013

read this and keep chewing on your foot.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
15. I thought the same thing
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 03:17 PM
Apr 2013

I thought the same thing. One poster in particular stated that prayer has a negative effect on a person's health... I can only wonder if they will send a Hallmark Card with that written on it to the this father requesting those very prayers.

 

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)
16. Turns out my wife's co-worker used to work with Bill Richard
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 12:25 AM
Apr 2013

Says he's the nicest, sweetest guy in the world.

So very sad and awful.

leftyladyfrommo

(18,815 posts)
17. So awful.
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 10:47 AM
Apr 2013

That was almost the same thing that happened to a family here. They were standing in the Atlanta airport when a big sign came loose and fell on 3 of them. The 10 year old son was killed. The wife and one other child were badly hurt but survived. They have been in our news a lot.

God bless them. And, believe me, when you are in such a horrible situation knowing that thousands of people are praying for you and caring about you means everything. It gives you the strength to get up again.

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