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  • ScottH
    It's Goodes to cheer!!
    • Sep 2003
    • 23665
    #1

    Hope this is not someone here, or that you know.

    A 32-year-old Albion Park man has died and his partner is critically injured after they were struck by a car at a pedestrian crossing in Melbourne on Friday night.

    The couple had travelled to Melbourne to watch the Sydney Swans game against Richmond at the MCG yesterday as a belated birthday gift for the woman, 31.
    Illawarra Mercury | Wollongong, NSW
    http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/news/local/news/general/albion-park-man-killed-in-melbourne/2257799.aspx
    Tags: hope
    • swansprincess
      On the Rookie List
      • Jun 2011
      • 306
      #2
      Puts things in perspective..

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        • Big Al
          Veterans List
          • Feb 2005
          • 7007
          #3
          Yeah it sure does. Very sad news.
          ..And the Swans are the Premiers...The Ultimate Team...The Ultimate Warriors. They have overcome the highly fancied Hawks in brilliant style. Sydney the 2012 Premiers - Gerard Whately ABC

          Here it is Again! - Huddo SEN

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            • BSA5
              Senior Player
              • Feb 2008
              • 2522
              #4
              EDITED: Poor taste

              Seriously though, that's terrible news. Hope the woman pulls through.
              Last edited by ScottH; 15 August 2011, 08:20 AM. Reason: Poor Taste.
              Officially on the Reid and Sumner bandwagon!

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                • eggbeater
                  Left Right Out
                  • Sep 2006
                  • 229
                  #5
                  Why do people feel the need to run red lights...

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                    • AnnieH
                      RWOs Black Sheep
                      • Aug 2006
                      • 11332
                      #6
                      Sad.
                      Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
                      Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.

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                        • Nich
                          Senior Player
                          • May 2010
                          • 1291
                          #7
                          Terrible news. Tough to know a fellow Blood has passed away heading down to watch our team play.

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                            • Bas
                              Veterans List
                              • Jan 2003
                              • 4457
                              #8
                              Life meeting fate. Sad news for what was probably a romantic weekend away.

                              I can't remember anyone posting here living down Wollongong way that was around that age. There's a few in Long Bay. That's sort of down that way.
                              In memory of my little Staffy - Dicey, 17.06.2005 to 1.12.2011- I'll miss you mate.

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                                • Dave
                                  Let those truckers roll
                                  • Jan 2003
                                  • 1557
                                  #9
                                  Very sad.
                                  "My theory is that the universe is made out of stupidity because it's more plentiful than hydrogen" - Frank Zappa

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                                    • erica
                                      Happy and I know it
                                      • Jan 2008
                                      • 1247
                                      #10
                                      That's horrible news, even if they weren't part of our family. Sad.
                                      All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. - Edmund Burke

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                                        • ScottH
                                          It's Goodes to cheer!!
                                          • Sep 2003
                                          • 23665
                                          #11
                                          The story just got worse.
                                          Now the wife has died, and they leave 2 young children orphaned.

                                          Children orphaned as parents die on footy trip
                                          http://www.smh.com.au/victoria/children-orphaned-as-parents-die-on-footy-trip-20110817-1iwsn.html

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                                            • Primmy
                                              Proud Tragic Swan
                                              • Apr 2008
                                              • 5970
                                              #12
                                              Just saw this today. How many special birthday trips have we made awy to watch a game? Can we do anything R&Wers to show solidarity? Scott?
                                              If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhood

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                                                • stellation
                                                  scott names the planets
                                                  • Sep 2003
                                                  • 9737
                                                  #13
                                                  That's a nice idea, Primmy. I'd be happy to contribute, it does mention in the article that there's an account that's been setup.

                                                  Could our member services contact on here for the Swans (sorry, I've forgotten who it is) look into whether any charities are lined up for anything at this weekend's game against the Saints? If not then perhaps a bucket donation collection from Swans fans attending the game, possibly with the club matching dollar for dollar (not sure of the state of the coffers this year, I admit!), may be appropriate. We certainly have enough game day folks out there, it wouldn't hurt to ask them to hold a bucket whilst they handout whacky advertising knick-knacks.
                                                  I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
                                                  We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time

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                                                    • stellation
                                                      scott names the planets
                                                      • Sep 2003
                                                      • 9737
                                                      #14
                                                      Just expanding on the bucket collection idea, it probably wouldn't be that hard for the AFL to do it at every ground this weekend and match it dollar for dollar themselves, and would end up being a huge things for the kids. Business hat on for the AFL- I doubt they'd get much better publicity in NSW this year with GWS coming in next year than that action.
                                                      I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
                                                      We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time

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                                                        • fanciful
                                                          On the Rookie List
                                                          • Oct 2008
                                                          • 21
                                                          #15
                                                          Here's a link to a facebook page with info about donations:

                                                          Assistance for the Marino Children | Facebook

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