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Thousands Ride in Honor of Slain Student
The Associated Press ^
| Oct 8, 2006
Posted on 10/08/2006 8:04:55 AM PDT by george76
About 5,000 motorcyclists rode in a caravan in honor of the 16-year-old girl who was shot at her high school by a gunman who held her hostage.
The motorcyclists, including Park County Sheriff Fred Wegener, rode 40 miles to Platte Canyon High School from Columbine High School, the scene of the nation's worst school shooting in 1999.
It was Wegener who made the call for SWAT officers to invade a classroom where authorities said Duane Morrison, 53, took Emily Keyes and other girls hostage and molested them on Sept. 27.
Morrison shot Emily in the head after SWAT officers stormed the classroom and then shot and killed himself, authorities said. The other hostages survived.
On Saturday, bikers paid donations to take part in the ride from Columbine to Bailey.
The procession was so long that the first bikers, riding two abreast, pulled into Platte Canyon High School as the last bikers left Columbine.
Money collected from the ride will go to a fund to help the girls who were taken hostage.
Dan Patino, who came up with the idea for the ride, said he was stunned by its turnout.
"There's not a lot to say," Emily's father, John-Michael Keyes, told the crowd. "This is amazing."
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: bailey; baileyschool; colorado; emilykeyes; patriotguardriders; pgr; plattecanyon
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posted on
10/08/2006 8:04:56 AM PDT
by
george76
To: LibertyRocks
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posted on
10/08/2006 8:06:50 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: Knitting A Conundrum
" 2,081 pulled out of Columbine , with many others joining the ride out of Columbine ..."
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posted on
10/08/2006 8:09:40 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: OldFriend
The sheriff
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posted on
10/08/2006 8:13:08 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: Morgan in Denver
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posted on
10/08/2006 8:14:54 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76; martin_fierro; StarCMC
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posted on
10/08/2006 8:17:09 AM PDT
by
BraveMan
To: AliVeritas
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posted on
10/08/2006 8:32:35 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: Michael Goldsberry
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posted on
10/08/2006 8:39:07 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
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posted on
10/08/2006 8:39:25 AM PDT
by
dsc
To: dsc
Two for victory.
Two for we will fight back.
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posted on
10/08/2006 8:41:54 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
good story...and great pics.
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posted on
10/08/2006 8:42:26 AM PDT
by
Knitting A Conundrum
(Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
To: george76
Thank you for the post and those pictures that really do speak a thousand words.....it has been a tearful week, between the lines of horses and buggies, now the line of motorcycles both to honor the life of children gone too soon....sigh, prayers for all
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posted on
10/08/2006 8:46:21 AM PDT
by
Kimmers
To: george76
If that's what you mean, you ought to turn those fingers around Churchill-style.
That hand gesture will always mean "America sucks. Get out of Viet Nam and let the communists win; unilaterally disarm and let the Soviets win the Cold War."
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posted on
10/08/2006 8:47:50 AM PDT
by
dsc
To: Knitting A Conundrum
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posted on
10/08/2006 8:48:34 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: Kimmers; cripplecreek
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posted on
10/08/2006 8:50:52 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: dsc
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posted on
10/08/2006 9:00:49 AM PDT
by
Knitting A Conundrum
(Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
To: Knitting A Conundrum
Okay, okay, Churchill did it that way, too.
Still, that was before the treasonous left co-opted it.
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posted on
10/08/2006 9:13:51 AM PDT
by
dsc
To: Knitting A Conundrum
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posted on
10/08/2006 9:14:44 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: dsc
And the non-treasonous right, and the non-politicals use it the old way, and have taken it back (many never gave it up!)
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posted on
10/08/2006 9:16:38 AM PDT
by
Knitting A Conundrum
(Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
To: Knitting A Conundrum
Well, there are many of us who lived through those times who will never see it without wanting to puke.
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posted on
10/08/2006 9:22:25 AM PDT
by
dsc
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