Posted on 06/15/2010 9:02:02 AM PDT by texas_mrs
SAN ANGELO -- Wendy Whitehead lived in San Angelo for less than five years, but she is being remembered as an upbeat woman who made a difference. She died after being struck in the head by a line drive at the Colts baseball game Friday night.
“Everyone is devastated. It’s an unimaginable tragedy,” Howard Taylor, director of the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, said. “Obviously, it’s impacted a lot of people, an awful lot of people.”
Whitehead was in her second three-year term on the museum’s board of directors.
“She was involved with virtually everything at the museum dealing with children,” Taylor said.
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OH my goodness!
Peace to her family especially her little ones.
Prayers for the family.
Awful story.
Prayers for the family and the batter.
i know first hand what it is like to be struck by a line drive in the side of the head....God was with me that day....prayers go out to the family of this woman....
Sad story and such a pretty young woman too.
Again? This just happened recently to another lady. Pretty soon batters are going to have to start yelling “FORE!”
Terrible story. Prayers to her family. I remember taking my young daughters to a Richmond Braves game about 7 years ago and having a foul come within 10 feet of my 5 year old. I was ready with a glove.
Scott said Wendy Whitehead walked her daughters, Emma, who just completed third grade, and Sara, who was in kindergarten, to school every day and would visit with the school staff.
and you think YOU got problems!
I’m surprised it doesn’t happen more often.
“Obviously, it’s impacted a lot of people, an awful lot of people.”
I know one woman it “impacted” more than others. Poor word choice, IMHO
I agree, but t’warn’t me who said that...
People go to games and take their attention off it.
If you’re sitting in certain sections, you need to pay attention. If people don’t, this is going to happen.
If you have your back to the field, the person you’re talking to has to keep an eye out to protect you.
Even then, there’s only so much you can do, but you can cut down the odds.
It’s really too bad this happened.
Hope you’re healing well.
Poor word choice “by the public school educated reporter”, IMHO
There; all fixed.
sorry if i’m being overly sensitive - i thought you was ranking on me. my bad.;-)
It’s very sad. Too often people buy premium baseball tickets without realizing that the seats are so close they have to pay attention to the game every second.
I’m an equal opportunity ranker kinda guy!
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