Family: 5 Dead In Fla. Motel Were Like Brothers

West Palm Beach News ^ | 12/28/2010 | JENNIFER KAY

[jwparkerjr]

MIAMI -- Five young men who police said died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a South Florida motel room were constant companions who acted like brothers and even went shoe shopping together before Christmas so they all would have the same pair, relatives said Tuesday.

[Tax-chick]

How sad. A foolish error, and they’re all dead.

[scott7278]

"...and even went shoe shopping together before Christmas so they all would have the same pair..."

Uh, okay.

[al baby]

[Yo-Yo]

...constant companions who acted like brothers and even went shoe shopping together before Christmas so they all would have the same pair,...

In my neighborhood, that's called a gang.

[Red Badger]

yeah, but a gang of what?...................

[cydcharisse]

I’ve been aware of the dangers of carbon monoxide for so many years, I’m not really sure if I was fully cognizant of that danger at 17.

It seems about once a week in the winter I read of someone mishandling/using Kerosene heaters and gas generators. This story seems bigger because of the number of fatalities.

[riverrunner]

Even my real brothers and I never went shoe shopping togather. Guys who all want to wear the same shoes. OK ?.

[John O]

five guys, one hotel room, no drugs, no alcohol, no women. Birthday celebration, matching shoes

I hate to speak ill of the dead but it sure does scream out gayboys to me.

[al baby]

were they 10 speeds outside ? Mormans

[Red Badger]

We must not jump to logical conclusions.................

[LuvFreeRepublic]

The biggest tragedy is the loss of 5 lives and it is a shame that comments have to show little regard for this loss.

[nascarnation]

“Little Haiti” neighborhood?

doesn’t sound too appealing

[miss marmelstein]

Sad story but I laughed anyway - God help me.

[o_zarkman44]

sounds like a little group of ho mos

[Burkean]

We call groups like that fraternities.

[jwparkerjr]

I fully expected a wide range of comments. For some reason the story just struck me as quite sad. That's five families that will have a hard time enjoying Christmas for a lot of years to come. The scary part is that I likely would have handled the car problem in much the same way.

Regardless of the victims my heart truly goes out to the families and friends.

re: shoe shopping together before Christmas so they all would have the same pair

At the risk of being a tad bit insensitive myself I've got to wonder how the five of them planned to wear a single pair of shoes. But that's much more a reflection on the p-poor journalism of today than the fate of these kids.

[Tax-chick]

No, it doesn’t.

[Padams]

Hispanic street gang in Little Haiti, not gay. The gangs wear their gang’s particular shoe, colors of clothing, etc.

[Padams]

Hispanic street gang in Little Haiti, not gay. The gangs wear their gang’s particular shoe, colors of clothing, etc.