HAVE A HEART-PART 2- UPDATED NEWS

Sadly, there has been no change in the lives of Kathleen and Carl Sorabella since my original post. NOT one human response from his former employer, just a bunch of truly meaningless words in a press release, in particular the hypocritical arrogance that they are "reaching out to our former employee to determine if there is a way we can be supportive to his family during this time." 

Wow, maybe they should have reached out and been supportive of him when he asked for their help before firing him. It does not take a rocket scientist to as they say, determine if there is a way to be supportive during this time. 

Hire Mr. Sorabella back to his original job, stop with the feeble attempts to justify this company's incredibly cruel, sub human behavior, and save what little is left of your negligible integrity. 

You as a Company made a stupid, heartless mistake, now you can easily fix it. Instead of transparently defensive press releases and self righteous statements that no one believes, they are digging a deeper hole for themselves to crawl out of.

I suppose that is too much to expect from those whose acts of complete disregard in showing basic human compassion, loyalty, and meanness are perpetrated by bosses who think that they are better than the rest of us, whose concept of doing business, includes terminating an employee who has a loved one seriously ill.

Not one job offer from another Company in the great State of Massachusetts for Mr. Sorabella. How pathetically embarrassing for a State once known for its progressive thinking, courage, and pride to fight for its citizen's rights. SHAME ON YOU!

People of MASSACHUSETTS, this could be any of you, is there no Corporation, Business, or Human Being that will step forward to support these 2 human beings in need. SHAME ON YOU MASSACHUSETTS  for not offering this man a job, are you that apathetic, and selfish to reach out and help your fellow man?

A few months ago there was a story that was all over the media about a homeless man in Ohio with a gift for voice-overs, who had been singing on the side of the road, holding a sign asking for donations so he could survive. He was dubbed the "golden voice"  and immediately offered an announcing job with the NBA Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team. If Ohio can rise to the occasion, certainly Massachusetts can.

Surely, Carl Sorabella, a professional, highly experienced Accountant, with excellent references, even from his former employer of 15 years, must have someone in Massachusetts that needs a highly skilled employee like him. Certainly there are people and Company's that are flexible enough to work with his willingness to do whatever is necessary to do the job right? 

Where are the religious institutions in the great state of Massachusetts, Churches, Synagogues, Mosques, here is a family crying out for help, are you so blind and deaf, that you neither see nor hear them. You who serve a higher calling of the Lord, where are you as you sit on your backsides in your fancy edifices, impressed with your buildings, preaching love, caring Holiness, and prayers for mankind. SHAME ON YOU!

I had the honor of Kathleen Sorabella thanking me the other day through a comment she left for my first post about her and Carl on this Blog. A few days later, we chatted a short time on the Internet. She is a humble person, decent, and has worked her way up the professional ladder under the most difficult of circumstances. This is someone who deserves our support and the best that can be done for her. She is both severe physical and emotional pain.

HAVE A HEART!!! Is there no decency left in this Country that the Sorabella's will continue to be ignored and left to rot? Does no one care about reducing their anxieties that can be fixed by helping Carl earn a living to support his family?  Surely we are a better, more compassionate, caring people than that. We will see!

THE UPDATED NEWS STORY IS DIRECTLY BELOW:

Update: Man Gets Fired After Wife Gets Cancer

By Lisa Johnson Mandell, Posted July 7th 2011 @ 1:08PM

Remember the feature that AOL Jobs ran last month about Carl Sorabella, the Massachusetts accountant who got fired when he asked for flex time to care for his wife, who had just been diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer? We wish we could give you a happy update, but the fact is, things are not looking good for the Sorabellas, despite an overwhelming number of supportive comments from our readers.

Haynes management, the family-owned company with 21 employees that let Carl go, issued a long statement that can be found on WickedLocal.com. It stated, among other things: "The leadership of Haynes is confident that we followed appropriate practices in connection with recent events concerning a member of our staff. Media reports regarding the circumstances of this decision have been inaccurate; however, out of respect for the privacy of the individual involved, we will not comment on the specifics. In recognition of their unique circumstances and level of hardship created by his wife's illness, Haynes Management is reaching out to our former employee to determine if there is a way we can be supportive to his family during this time."

No Job Offers Yet

Sorabella and his wife, Kathleen, have no comment about that statement, but the fact of the matter is, he is still out of work, and they remain dependent on the Medicaid benefits that she receives through her disability. Those expenses are mounting, however, and the couple is unsure of the co-pays.

"Carl hasn't received any job offers yet, although he sends out at least five resumes a day. I don't know if people are reluctant to hire him since they know he won't be able to work regular hours," Kathleen Sorabella told AOL Jobs. She says that she'd like to go back to work herself as a psychotherapist, even if it's just for a couple of hours per week, but at present, she feels she's just too sick to be of help to her patients.

She is right in the middle of a cycle of chemotherapy treatments and, as expected, her hair is falling out, her teeth hurt and she's nauseous most of the time. She won't know if the treatments are effective until September, when another scan will be done. "Right now, it's about living with the terror of uncertainty," she says.

A little help from their friends

With her husband out of work, finances have become challenging. Friends and acquaintances talked about setting up a charitable trust for them at a local bank in the Boston area, but they were overwhelmed with the amount of paperwork, and that project fell by the wayside. The Sorabellas are understandably uncomfortable with setting up a fund for themselves.

Generous and resourceful readers found their address in the directory, and have been sending checks, good wishes and prayers, for which the Sorabellas say they are extremely grateful, and Kathleen Sorabella intends to send thank-you notes to everyone as soon as she feels well enough to write. So far, about $800 has come their way.

 

The sentiment, however, has been overwhelming. AOL readers have chimed in with more than 4,245 comments and about 12,000 Facebook Likes, at last count. A Facebook page, called "I hate Haynes Management Inc.," has a rousing discussion going, with 1,481 Likes. 

Readers who would like to support the Sorabellos can send funds directly to them at 14 Lincoln St., Natick, Mass., 01760-4721.

Meanwhile, Kathleen Sorabella says that the couple is trying to figure out how to "live as much life as possible, knowing that I might be dying." They renewed their wedding vows a few weeks ago on their 23rd anniversary, and they'd like to take a drive up to see Niagara Falls, if she gets well enough to travel. "I hear a clock ticking in my head," she says. "But I'm a fighter -- we both are."

http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2011/07/07/update-man-gets-fired-after-wife-gets-cancer/?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl10|sec3_lnk1|76481

HAVE A HEART!

CLICK ON THE VIDEO HERE TO WATCH THE INTERVIEW WITH KATHY AND CARL SORABELLA. 

Read the facts below, then sign the petition by clicking on the petition link below. How can anyone be silent and sit on your ass when something likes this happens to other human beings.


Geez- Where does a sub human, cruel, piece of shit, like his boss come from??? Certainly not from a mother or of this world. Not one ounce of compassion "It's business". The husband will do his job , give him a break, but not from an evil female boss like this who doesn't deserve to be breathing air.





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Accountant Carl Sorabella, an employee of Haynes Management Inc. in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts was recently fired after his employer found out about his wife's life-threatening lung cancer.

Carl worked for Haynes Management Inc. for 14 years and was even awarded a raise in November, but when he asked to be able to work nights and weekends in order to be there for his wife Kathy during her painful chemotherapy treatments, the company decided to make "workforce modifications" and fired him. He later saw an advertisement for his exact position on the company's website.

Haynes Management is technically within their legal rights to fire Carl, but their actions completely undermine Carl's loyalty to the company and his willingness to work nights and weekends just to help everything run smoothly.

Join us in asking Haynes Management Inc. to rethink their callous and heartless decision and give Carl Sorabella his job back.

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THE ORIGINAL STORY


Man Gets Fired After Wife Gets Cancer

By Lisa Johnson Mandell, Posted Jun 16th 2011 @ 11:17AM


Massachusetts accountant Carl Sorabella had every reason to believe that his employer would grant his request for a more flexible schedule so that he could assist his wife, who had just been diagnosed with stage four cancer and given only months to live. After all, he'd been with Haynes Management in Wellesley, for 13 years, and had just been given a raise in November.

But instead of a more accommodating schedule, he got a pink slip in response to his request, even though he had made it clear that he was willing to work nights and weekends to make up for the time he intended to spend taking his wife in for treatments and tests.

"It shocks me," said Kathleen, Carl's wife of 23 years. "People are supposed to help each other. I guess corporate America is different." When AOL Jobs reached her, she had just finished her first round of chemotherapy, and was "wicked nauseous." Their current financial troubles are not helping matters. With Carl out of a job and Kathleen too sick to work, they're not sure how they're going to cover her expenses.

Carl was sure he would be able to arrange a more flexible schedule -- after all, he was head of the accounting department at Haynes, and had been with the company almost 14 years. But his boss was afraid that if Carl wasn't there during regular business hours it could cause problems. "It's business. I'm running a company here, and I need to make sure the department runs," she told him. Sorabella assured her that he would see that the company runs well, working at any hour of the day or night to make up for the time he spent caring for his wife, but to no avail.

Sorabella says that his boss told him they were thinking about laying him off anyway, due to "modifications in workforce requirements." He thought, "you can't do that!" reports Boston's ABC affiliate WCVB. He says that he later saw an employment ad for his old job with the same company.

No one from Haynes Management has been available for comment, but in an email to WCVB reporter Susan Wornick, Vice President Mary Butler wrote, "this is a private personnel matter and we are not going to comment publicly."

Harsh treatment for a dedicated, longtime employee. Unfortunately, Sorabella has no legal recourse. Federal and state laws that protect workers from this kind of treatment only apply only to larger companies with more than 50 employees.

For now, Sorabella is on unemployment, and his wife is on disability. But the two have always been fighters, and have faith that they can get through this together. Kathleen was homeless when they first met. Carl was a bus driver and found her sleeping in the back of his bus. The two have accomplished much since then. After they got married, he earned an accounting degree, she set up a homeless shelter and earned bachelors and masters degrees in social science, the latter which she just completed three years ago. She's still paying off her $60,000 student loan.

Both Kathleen's cancer, and her treatment, are aggressive. The colon cancer had spread to her lungs when they found it, and doctors were able to remove the main tumor, along with part of her colon including ten inches of intestine. They're hoping the chemo will take care of the more than 55 nodules in her lungs.

Carl's Cobra payments for his health plan were too expensive, but the couple still has minimal coverage from his wife's disability. She had been employed as a social worker in the prison system.

Carl is still looking for work as an accountant -- he says he'll take part time -- anything he can find. But after they get through this and his wife recovers -- and they're confident she will -- he'd like to go back to school and get a nursing degree.

In the meantime, however, there are more urgent matters to attend to. "We don't know how we're going to pay our bills," says Kathleen. "But we keep telling each other as long as we love each other -- it doesn't matter. We'll get through this. I'm going to get better."

NO, I NEVER WOULD HAVE

Today is the day that my Mother, Dorothy Wolkoff died on June 30th,1997. It was sudden and there was never a chance to say goodbye.

We only get one mother, the person who literally carried me inside of her for 9 months. My mom was the strongest, toughest, most courageous, gentle, caring person I have ever known.

If it weren't for my mother, I wouldn't be alive today. Biology aside, mom's can be magical human beings. A mother's love is unlimited, it can heal us, make us feel safe, not to mention inspire us. My mother was all that and more. How lucky I am.

My mother was the only one who believed in me during my youth and stubbornly never gave up, no matter how much I screwed up. She taught me much, but in particular, emphasized the importance of self pride, work ethics, life ethics, compassion, caring, and being humble. 

In spite of her hard life, she provided for my sister and myself, by doing whatever was necessary for us to live, we never lacked for anything, because of her grueling efforts.

Without her support during my most difficult years as a youngster, a wild acting out teenager, young man, she ALWAYS stood up to me, for me, guided me, and refused to give in, or give up on me. It was not easy for her to do that, but she would not back down, ever.

I told my mom in many different ways over the years how much this contributed to my taking the correct productive path, instead of continuing in the wrong direction with my life,  ALL because of her. 

I spent much of my adult life making mom proud of me, telling her how much I loved her.

Whatever is good in me, came from my mother.

My mother literally saved my life many times, she was one of a kind, I will always remember and love her for that.

If I did not have my mothers unconditional love and support, then, No, I never would have been able.

I miss you mom.

San Mateo Bay Area News

SAN MATEO COUNTY CORONER SUED BY PARENTS UPSET OVER HANDLING  OF DEAD  SON'S BRAIN

By Joshua Melvin jmelvin@bayareanewsgroup.com

Posted: 03/05/2011 06:50:44 AM PST

REDWOOD CITY -- Coroner Robert Foucrault is being sued by another family over the handling of their child's remains.

Jerald and Sandra Wolkoff, of New York, said the coroner allowed a person unaffiliated with the county agency to take tissue from the brain stem of their son Steven Wolkoff, according to a suit filed Feb. 24 in San Mateo County Superior Court.


They responded with "shock and horror" when they learned his tissue had been cut into pieces and analyzed without their consent, according to the complaint. They seek an unspecified amount of damages.


Foucrault, when reached by phone Friday, said his office has done nothing wrong, and he was surprised to learn of the complaint. "My office and the county did everything according to law," he said. "We did everything proper."


Chief Deputy County Counsel Lee Thompson declined to comment Friday because he said his office had not yet been served with the suit.


The Wolkoffs are the second set of parents in recent years to sue Foucrault over the handling of their child's remains. Selina Picon, of Daly City, claimed the coroner illegally kept the heart of her 23-year-old son, Nicolas, after an autopsy. That suit was thrown out last May by the California 1st District Court of Appeal, which ruled she hadn't proved the Coroner's Office was obligated to get her consent to keep the organ. The state Supreme Court has declined to review that decision.

Wolkoff 30, died in a car crash in June 2008 in a car crash in June 2008 on Highway 1 near Pescadero and was autopsied by the San Mateo County Coroner's Office. 

Some of Wolkoff's brain tissue was kept after the procedure, but the family was notified of it. After Picon's suit was filed, Foucrault had adopted a policy of informing families when body parts are kept.

About a year after his death, Wolkoff's parents filed a lawsuit that claimed numerous people and agencies had been responsible. Among the defendants was American Medical Response, a company that contracts with San Mateo County to provide ambulance service.

As part of the company's response to the Wolkoff's first lawsuit, it hired Quest Discovery Services to collect evidence for the case. A Quest pathologist got Foucrault's permission to take some samples of Wolkoff's brain tissue.

The man's parents argue this violates state law, which they say prevents a coroner from turning over body parts to someone who is not a coroner for research.

The tissue, according to the suit, was taken not for the purpose of determining the cause of death, but to use it as part of the litigation, which violates "an obligation to protect the dignity of the human body in it's final disposition."

The Wolkoffs claim it was only by accident that they discovered their son's tissue had been taken. One of Foucrault's pathologists, during a deposition as part of the earlier lawsuit, disclosed that the body parts had been turned over to the pathologist working for the ambulance company.

Contact Joshua Melvin at 650-348-4335.

Switching Gears #1

To the real world of others- Some very weird, can't be made up, difficult to believe, but true (I verified their veracity) news events of morons who clearly have the damaged genes of Inbreeding. Human Stupidity knows No limits.

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Good Thinking-Logical right?

Man shot off own finger to get rid of wart

Published: June 17, 2011 at 11:34 AM

DONCASTER, England, June 17 (UPI) -- A British man who attempted to use a shotgun to blast off a wart wound up losing most of his finger and was ordered to complete 100 hours of community service.


Sean Murphy, 38, who was charged after the March incident with illegal possession of a firearm, was also given a suspended 16-week jail sentence and ordered to pay $160 in court costs after pleading guilty in Doncaster Magistrates' Court, The Star reported Friday.


Murphy said he was glad to avoid jail and did not mind losing his middle finger if it meant the wart, which he suffered with for five years, would not be returning.
"The best thing is that the wart has gone. It was giving me lot of trouble," he said. "I didn't expect to lose my finger as well when I shot it but the gun recoiled and that was it. The wart was gone and so was most of my finger. There was nothing left so no chance to re-attach it."


Murphy told police he found the gun in a hedge three months before the incident. Authorities said he did not have a license to possess firearms.

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Florida-What can I say about this State that hasn't already been said by me of the geniuses who reside there. I suppose A lot more:

Man sets home on fire while cleaning infected foot

Jun. 17, 2011 10:16 AM
Associated Press

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. -- Officials say a Florida Panhandle man set fire to his home while trying to clean an infection on his foot.


The Fort Walton Beach Fire Department reports that the man told deputies he was sitting on his bed, using rubbing alcohol to clean his foot Wednesday morning.
His lit cigarette came into contact with the flammable liquid and set his sheets on fire. He removed the bedding and ran to get a fire extinguisher, but the flames grew out of control while he was gone.


The man and several other people in the home were able to get out and call 911. Investigators have accepted the man's story and ruled the fire accidental.
Officials didn't have any damage estimates, but the home was not livable.

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I always wanted to do this. He had the pennies and the balls to do it, what a guy!

Man cited after paying bill with 2,500 pennies

Jun. 5, 2011 01:50 PM
Associated Press

VERNAL, Utah - A Utah man has been cited on a charge of disorderly conduct after paying for a disputed medical bill with 2,500 pennies.
The Deseret News of Salt Lake City reports Jason West went to Basin Clinic in Vernal on May 27 prepared to dispute an outstanding $25 bill.


Assistant Vernal Police Chief Keith Campbell says that after asking staff members whether they accepted cash, West dumped 2,500 pennies on the counter and demanded that staff count them.
Campbell says the incident upset staff because pennies were strewn about the counter and floor, and West's action served "no legitimate purpose."


Police later issued the 38-year-old West a citation for disorderly conduct. That carries a fine of as much as $140. Or 14,000 pennies.

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Guess he has a death wish- Guaranteed 1 way trip to a Mexican beheading, his bosses will not be pleased.

Man abandons nearly $1 million at hotel

Jun. 3, 2011 10:00 AM
Associated Press

HOUSTON -- Law officers in Houston have confiscated nearly $1 million in two bags that a man abandoned after denying that he knew anything about the cash.


The Houston Chronicle reported Friday that the money-filled rolling suitcase and gym bag were seized from a man from Mexico staying at an upscale hotel.
Federal agents received a tip about possible drug money laundering and monitored the man's comings and goings, then confronted him May 26 as he prepared to check out. 


Investigators say the man, who had a valid U.S. visa, said he was given the bags for delivery in Houston. No further details were provided.
The man was not arrested and left the hotel, abandoning more than $995,000.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement says the forfeited cash will be used to fight crime.

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HMMMMM! Sneakers we used to throw on power lines  when I grew up in Brooklyn, but a deer, that's impressive.

Deer with wings' causes power outage

Jun. 16, 2011 04:41 PM

Associated Press

HELENA, Mont. - A Montana resident says an energy company has identified the cause of a brief power outage as "deer with wings."


Lee Bridges says she was outside with her dogs around the time the power went out when a NorthWestern Energy truck pulled up, giving her a chance to ask the driver what caused the problem.


She says he pointed up and said, "Apparently, we've got deer with wings."
 
Bridges looked up and saw a dead fawn on a power line.
It's unlikely the animal had an accident while trying to make like distant-cousin Rudolph. Bridges suspects that an eagle dropped its prey and couldn't retrieve it.


The lineman who removed the carcass from the power line said he'd never seen anything like it.

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Definitely An Ass Hole

Cops: Man gets fish hook stuck in buttocks, fires shots

by Meta Pettus - Jun. 21, 2011 10:53 AM
WUSA-TV, Washington

FREDERICK, Md. -- A man told an officer he fired gunshots after getting a fish hook embedded in his buttocks, say Frederick County, Md., police.


When a Frederick officer who was responding to a noise complaint knocked on Charles Akin Rempe's door, Rempe walked towards him "in a suspicious manner with his hand by his side," according to police.
He opened the door and told the officer he had been hiding in the closet for hours and had a fish hook imbedded in his buttocks.
 
According to police, Rempe said he was glad the officer arrived because he had fired several gunshots inside the apartment to attract the police.
The officer was concerned for his own safety, according to authorities, and placed Rempe in handcuffs until other authorities arrived.


Authorities say they found evidence of multiple gunshots fired inside the apartment and one round had gone through a side window, lodging in the brick wall of an adjacent building. No one was injured by the gunfire.
They say a loaded .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol was found inside the apartment.


Rempe was taken to the hospital for an emergency evaluation. Criminal charges are pending.
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I just can't Resist Florida Again-Bored about Abortion.

Florida politician caught looking at porn on Senate floor

A Florida politician was left red-faced when he was caught looking at a photo of topless women in G-strings on his laptop while sitting on the Senate floor.

In his defense, Mike Bennett, a state senator in Florida, said that he was "bored" during a debate on abortion in the state legislature in Tallahassee.

Video footage shows the Republican senator tilting forward the screen of his laptop - on which the offending photo is displayed - before closing the image and then tilting the screen back.

As he looks at the picture on his government-issued computer, another state senator is heard denouncing the law under question as "disrespectful to women".

But the Florida senator had a ready defense.

"I was just sitting there, bored as they were debating the abortion bill," Mr Bennett told the Sunshine State News. He added that the email was from an old friend "who happens to be a former court administrator". (Good GOP logical excuse, excellent- free pass for him)

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Erectile dysfunction, Hard pronunciation Hits Washington Politics, Firmly. I do hate ALL Politicians (Knock Wood) so this is NOT because I am just giving them a hard time to pick on them. My 3 current favorite hypocrites for today are John Andrew Boehner is a tanorexia sufferer, House of Representative Republican Majority Leader, and a dick. 

Undoubtedly eliciting countless giggles in high school Civics classrooms nationwide, the Congressman's surname is correctly pronounced "BAY-ner." Though—fittingly—its phonetic pronunciation is the term for an erection of the male reproductive organ.

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Any Way- Congressman Anthony Weiner was talking to Speaker of the House John Boehner between sessions a few months ago.  


John (Woody to his friends) Boehner was complaining about the lack of respect he got from the media and some members of Congress. 

“It’s because of your name,” Weiner suggested.  “You pronounce it Bay-ner when everybody knows it should be Boner.  If you just pronounced it Boner, people would have more respect for you.  Look at me.  I could have pronounced my name Viner or Veener or Waynor, but I’m upfront with it, and people respect me.  Embrace your Bo-ner, just like I embrace my Wee-ner.” 


“Yes, embwace your Bo-ner,” said Barney Frank who just happened to be passing by.  “People widicule me about my name, but I don’t wespond.  I wespect my name.  When Pwesident  Obama starts his wemarks with, ‘Let me be fwank,’ I’m pwoud.” 

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ON SLEEPLESS ROADS THE SLEEPLESS GO

   

The headstone in a cemetery never lies. 

Today is the third year of the horrific day, June 21, 2008, that you were cruelly killed at the age of 30, your life brutally stolen from you, your family, friends, me.

I posted the other pictures above of my son Steven because they are some of my favorite ones and also he is so real, alive in them, and for a second, he seems to actually be here.

I cannot believe that my son Steven would lie buried in a grave so young, me dreaming of things that he was and might have been.

I never said the traditional Mourners Kaddish prayer for Steven because it's words are meaningless.

Today I wrote my own Kaddish for Steven because his pain and loss need to be honestly described in real words, that accurately reflect my true feelings.               

MOURNERS KADDISH FOR:

Steven Nathaniel Wolkoff, Shmuel Nacham BenYaakov,  Samuel Nathan, Son of Jerry.
                      
September 23, 1977- June 21, 2008

I am sorry that you are dead.

I am sorry you suffered so painfully, on that awful day, as you fought to stay alive.

I am sorry for the agony you felt, I see it in your eyes, face, and body from horrific evidence photos. 

I am sorry for the fear, terror, unimaginable pain you felt in fighting for your life, as they killed you. I know the truth of your courage in being able to fight so bravely.

I am sorry for you because you were not killed by accident, but instead by the senseless, stupid, careless, actions of so many others who could have saved your life, but instead, each in their own way, miserably failed you that day, never realizing or even considering taking responsibility or accountability for the consequences of their actions, inactions, indifference, and incompetence.

I am sorry you died not due to fate, nor randomly, but were instead killed by the cascading chaos of connected, dysfunctional, defective entities and others, all who caused your preventable death.

I am sorry for you about the DUI, drug impaired, unlicensed driver, speeding out of control, who didn't care about your life.

I am sorry about the inept, credentialed, qualified medical first responders who had no idea, not a clue, of what they were doing medically to you as they killed you.

I am sorry for you, that cowards who know the truth, but have no conscience to speak, remain silent, lie, omit, and cover up the facts that they all contributed to killing you.

I am sorry that you died in spite of the true facts that show you should be alive today.

I am sorry for the evil ones who have tried to defame you and erase you ever lived.

I am sorry that life is so cheap and yours has no value to those who killed you.

I am sorry that the Legal system is weak, corrupt and I have not been able to obtain real justice for you.

I am sorry for my failing as your father to keep you from dying.

I am sorry you did not leave the beach 1 second earlier or later to return home.

I am sorry that I was not there to protect you.

I am sorry that I was not there that day to comfort you, hold you, ease your pain.

I am sorry that I don't know the last thoughts in your mind before you died.

I am sorry that you died alone, with strangers, and no one even held your hand.

I am sorry that you died lying on a hot highway pavement in a place unfamiliar, in the middle of nowhere.

I am sorry that no one had the decency to cover your right arm and both feet as you lay dead under the blue tarp.

I am sorry the medvac trauma helicopter was delayed in arriving there by 4 minutes, too late to stop the first responders from touching you.

I am sorry that I was not even able to protect your dignity in death.

I am sorry that your soul and body were desecrated in death.

I am sorry that it was you and not me.

I am sorry that I had to bury you and that you didn't bury me first, as it should be.

I am sorry you cannot cry.

I am sorry you cannot scream.

I am sorry you cannot laugh.

I am sorry you cannot smile.

I am sorry you cannot feel.

I am sorry you cannot talk.

I am sorry you cannot breathe.

I am sorry you are silent forever.

I am sorry you are deep inside a cold, dark grave, rotting away, alone.

I am sorry you are blind and will never see again.

I am sorry you will never experience the rest of your life, nor remember the wonderful life you had until that final second before you died.

I am sorry you will never be able to realize your dreams.

I am sorry you will never feel the joy of being a father, husband , uncle, grandfather, great grandfather.

I am sorry you will never have another birthday.

I am sorry you will never again feel the experiences and potential of your incredibly gifted skills.

I am sorry you will never again be happy.

I am sorry you will never again feel the warmth of the sun.

I am sorry you will never again feel the wind on your face.

I am sorry you will never again feel the rain, snow, water.

I am sorry you will never again listen to music.

I am sorry you will never again play music on your Fender bass guitar.

I am sorry that you will never again enjoy reading books.

I am sorry you will never again ride your bike.

I am sorry you will never again play Ultimate Frisbee.

I am sorry you will never again play softball.

I am sorry you will never again play basketball.

I am sorry you will never again swim.

I am sorry you will never again be able to express your kindness and caring for others.

I am sorry you will never again explore your genius ideas that changed technology.

I am sorry you will never again experience the excitement of your life.

I am sorry you will never again be creative with your ideas, hands, and brain.

I am sorry you will never again discuss with passion the things that you believe in.

I am sorry you will never again write, expressing the magical beauty of your words.

I am sorry that you will never again feel love. Never.

I am sorry that you will never again be with those close to you now and in the future.

I am sorry for you that life is unfair.

I am sorry because you didn't deserve this to happen to you.

I am sorry for you that there is no answer to " WHY, WHY YOU"?

I am sorry for you that there is no god.

I am sorry for you that there is no heaven, just a dark, cold grave.

I am sorry that you cannot rest in peace.

I am sorry that you cannot wake up from this nightmare, that all this is real, irreversible, final.

I am sorry for you that time has stopped forever.

I am sorry that some people have forgotten about you.

I am sorry that the world said nothing, heard nothing, saw nothing about the injustices done to you.

I am sorry for everything that I forgot to say now, or cannot and did not say here.

I am sorry for YOU because you are not here, you are NO MORE on this earth.

More than anything, I am sorry that you didn't have a chance to say goodbye.

I will always honor you, remember you, miss you, keep you in my heart, preserve your memory in lovingly telling future generations about you, and love you forever. Your brother, sister, mother, family, and others who love you, will do the same. We will never forget YOU, never stop loving you, our precious beloved Steven. NEVER.

Steven, I can only say, I am SORRY, SORRY, I am so SORRY. 
 
  -Amen. Love, Dad.
 

 

Take Your Broken Wings, Learn to Fly Again, Learn to Live Free.

Oh Steven- I have been thinking about you even more than usual lately.  I see you everywhere I am, mixed in with the unbearable pain that I feel, was a smile today when I thought again of the Mr. Mister, Broken Wings story about you.


Makes me feel good and so proud of you when I think about this story and your passion for what you believe in.

This ones for you my Steven, I miss you and love you so very much.


" Don't understand. Why we can't just live long to each other's hands. This time might be the last, I fear. Unless I make it all too clear. I need you so. Take these broken wings and learn to fly again, learn to live free".


My Steven, learn to fly again, learn to live free, my son.
Love-Dad.