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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AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)classof56
(5,376 posts)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)No one should have to endure such an experience.
I cannot imagine.
riqster
(13,986 posts)npk
(3,660 posts)I hope that his wife and daughter can recover and this family can find peace. Very tragic for all the victims and their families.
myrna minx
(22,772 posts)Beacool
(30,244 posts)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).
blackspade
(10,056 posts)spiderpig
(10,419 posts)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.
gademocrat7
(10,623 posts)undeterred
(34,658 posts)read this and keep chewing on your foot.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)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.
radicalliberal
(907 posts)Absolutely horrible!
MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)Says he's the nicest, sweetest guy in the world.
So very sad and awful.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,815 posts)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.