Boy threatened after cannon accident

Washington Times ^ | 12-20-06 | UPI

[JZelle]

Community members have threatened a Snohomish, Wash., boy who nearly lost his leg when a cannon exploded at a football game.

[ApplegateRanch]

Just FYI, most of the families of the Aggies who were killed, wanted the tradition to continue.

The original worshippers of Moloch wanted the tradition of passing their children through the fire to continue, too, no matter what "those uppity Hebrews" had to say about it.

[ApplegateRanch]

I went to a school with deep tradition, and it's about hte only thing that makes one school better than the other

Right. Caliber of teaching staff; number of Nobel laureates with professorships; rigorousness of the curricula; how many bullets one must sweat to pass courses, are all secondary. It is tradition that counts.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

"Football wouldn't be the same without the big boom at kickoff," wrote one student in a get-well card.

These people are acting like a pack of Neanderthals.

"Ooooh...we like big boom-boom."
"What happen to big boom-boom?"
"That kid make big boom-boom go 'way."
"We are sad. We should make nasty on kid who make big boom-boom go 'way."

This family should move the hell out of this Twilight Zone town.

[DumpsterDiver]

This family should move the hell out of this Twilight Zone town.

The whole thing is rather surreal, isn't it. Very weird people.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

the "Another Reason to Homeschool" ping list

My sympathies and best wishes to Tired of Taxes and family, but....

What part of this story would you say screams out as Another Reason to Homeschool?
The fact that the game took place at a high school facility?

"...the school district has been cooperative and has said it plans to establish a fund to pay for Karch's medical expenses."

Yeah...that would send me running away screaming and looking for alternate education avenues for my kids.

[Clintonfatigued]

That's such a great line, I made it my tagline.

[LexBaird]

Welcome to it. It sure worked for the Romans for centuries.

[aspen64]

Completely agree with you, and I will be badmouthing
Sno HO mish at every opportunity.

[metmom]

My understanding is that it's to ping homeschoolers to public school happenings to keep them abreast of what's going on.

What part of this story would you say screams out as Another Reason to Homeschool?

Probably this part:While he was recovering in the hospital, Karch received visits and calls from parents and students threatening him with physical harm if the accident results in an end to the tradition of firing a cannon at the school's football games.

[wintertime]

Mary Bissel, Karch's mother, said her son was told "there would be retaliation" if the family cooperates with an investigation into the incident and callers told the boy they would "make sure his other leg got blown off." ( from the article)
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Is this the wonderful "socialization" that homeschoolers are missing?

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

My understanding is that it's to ping homeschoolers to public school happenings to keep them abreast of what's going on.

I understand.

Though my question still remains, I will desist, sit back down and call it a day rather than initiate a protracted debate over homeschooling.

Merry Christmas.

[metmom]

To post or not to post; that is the question.

It's always a judgment call.

[af_vet_rr]

Another article, with pictures (some are graphic).

From that article:

The priority on the playing field, however, was the game, which didn't stop as Karch was carried off the sidelines to an ambulance, witnesses said.

Not much can stop football in this town, where the pride runs deep. The two-time state champions have generated many notable players and coaches over the years. Dick Armstrong was known as the "winningest coach in Washington state high school football history" by the time he retired in 1994. In his 32 seasons as head coach at Snohomish, Armstrong, who died in 1999, racked up 243 wins and won or shared 16 league titles, including 13 in a row.

As play continued, Karch was taken to Providence Everett's Colby Campus, where doctors initially told his stunned mother they weren't sure they could save his leg. Karch has since undergone three surgeries to implant a titanium rod the length of his shin to replace the decimated bone and to graft skin over the shredded tissue. In February, doctors plan to graft bone from his hip into his leg to help it heal.

"My leg was in so many pieces, it was like a jigsaw puzzle," said Karch.

"If this had happened to a football player, you can be sure he would have been airlifted to Harborview," said one parent of a ROTC member, who asked not to be named for fear of reprisals.

Since his discharge from the hospital on Oct. 23, Karch has had only three visitors -- two of them Mack and Brown. And despite invitations to school friends, not a single person other than family attended his 16th birthday celebration in November, Bissell said.

Really makes you feel good about humanity - only his ROTC instructor, a fellow cadet, and one other person visited him.

[af_vet_rr]

Whoops, this was posted earlier - missed it.

Anyways, pathetic - makes you wonder if some are taking out their dislike of the military on him.

[JZelle]

Thanks for the link w/ pics. The lack of compassion really sickened me when I read the article. The only thing I can point to is he's ROTC and lives near Seattle, where I'm sure there's not a lot of love for the military.