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Teen dad profiled in People mag is killed
UPI ^ | 11/21/2005

Posted on 11/22/2005 7:20:33 AM PST by ncountylee

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- An 18-year-old single father whose struggle raising his toddler daughter was featured in People magazine has been killed in Philadelphia.

Terrell Pough was shot in the head on his way home from work Thursday night and later died at Temple University Hospital, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

Police said they have no suspects but do have a possible lead. No further details of the slaying were released.

The August issue of People profiled Pough, who worked as the night manger at a local restaurant while attending school full-time and raising his daughter, Diamond, who will be 2 on Nov. 27.

"She's what I work for, what I live for, why I wake up," he told People. "She's everything."

Diamond, who had full-custody of his daughter, had planned to work in construction after graduating next June.

"If something ever happens to me, no one can ever tell her that her dad didn't take care of her," he told People.


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1 posted on 11/22/2005 7:20:34 AM PST by ncountylee
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To: ncountylee

Happened to read the Peoples article, and this is just terrible.


2 posted on 11/22/2005 7:22:08 AM PST by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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His daughter would have been better off is he would have waited to conceive her after he had graduated from high school, got a steady job, and married her mother. There is a reason for the old fashion way of doing things. It works.
3 posted on 11/22/2005 7:23:19 AM PST by Ninian Dryhope
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To: ncountylee
"If something ever happens to me, no one can ever tell her that her dad didn't take care of her," he told People.

An eerie premonition...Almost like he knew he it was going to happen...

4 posted on 11/22/2005 7:23:28 AM PST by frogjerk (LIBERALISM - Being miserable for no good reason)
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To: ncountylee

The August issue of People profiled Pough, who worked as the night manger at a local restaurant while attending school full-time and raising his daughter, Diamond, who will be 2 on Nov. 27.

What is a "night manger"?


5 posted on 11/22/2005 7:25:34 AM PST by sheana
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To: Ninian Dryhope

What a stupid comment. Shallow and thoughtless.

SZ


6 posted on 11/22/2005 7:25:40 AM PST by SZonian (Tagline???? I don't need no stinkin' tagline!)
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To: frogjerk

Yep. Of course that raises doubts about his "work". Probably working with the drug trade.


7 posted on 11/22/2005 7:25:51 AM PST by American_Centurion (A liberal is a socialist who isn't quite willing to get blood on his hands yet. -KarlInOhio)
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City of Brotherly Love ping


8 posted on 11/22/2005 7:26:02 AM PST by BipolarBob (Yes I backed over the vampire, but I swear I looked in my rearview mirror.)
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To: frogjerk
Well anyone living in a violent urban setting like most our major (blue) cities has to realize the dangers, unless you're a fool. That's why those who can, will move out of the city after having children.
9 posted on 11/22/2005 7:27:45 AM PST by yobid (What we have here is a failure to communicate)
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To: SZonian

I agree with Ninian. Why glorify these mistakes?


10 posted on 11/22/2005 7:27:47 AM PST by mlc9852
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who worked as the night manger at a local restaurant

..he might even applied for and got a job as a proof reader for AP

Doogle

11 posted on 11/22/2005 7:28:44 AM PST by Doogle (USAF...7thAF ..4077th TFW...408th MMS..Ubon Thailand.."69",,Night Line Delivery..AMMO)
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His daughter would have been better off is he would have waited to conceive her after he had graduated from high school, got a steady job, and married her mother. There is a reason for the old fashion way of doing things. It works.

Give it a rest, you self-centered jerk.

May God comfort his family and bless this poor little girl.

12 posted on 11/22/2005 7:28:49 AM PST by Coop (FR = a lotta talk, but little action)
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To: Ninian Dryhope

How about we judge the kid on what he did after he made a mistake. "He who has no sin should cast the first stone". It sounds like this kid was probably a better father than alot of the ones who get married then have children. Get down off of your high horse. And what does any of this have to do with him getting shot in the head on his way home from work?


13 posted on 11/22/2005 7:30:21 AM PST by hiramknight
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To: ncountylee

Perhaps the article itself made him a target? Do the inner city gangbangers read people?


14 posted on 11/22/2005 7:30:29 AM PST by BadAndy (Note to Democrats: Benedict Arnold also called himself a patriot.)
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To: sheana

Like where Jesus was born.


15 posted on 11/22/2005 7:30:35 AM PST by Ninian Dryhope
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To: mlc9852; Ninian Dryhope

I agree with both of you. How about profile someone who did it the right way? My sympathies are with this child....and the cycle continues.


16 posted on 11/22/2005 7:30:40 AM PST by yellowdoghunter (Liberals should be seen and not heard.)
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To: mlc9852
I agree with Ninian. Why glorify these mistakes?

I take it you've never made mistakes? People who try to right the consequences of their mistakes, rather than blame them on others should be lauded, not criticized.

17 posted on 11/22/2005 7:30:41 AM PST by marvlus
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To: mlc9852

Because after he made a mistake, he took full responsibility for it and tried very hard to make up for it, going to school, working a job, taking care of his kid (where's Mom?) planning a good future. This is the type of person we should be applauding, not castigating.


18 posted on 11/22/2005 7:30:47 AM PST by cinives (On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
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To: Doogle

Those type of spelling mistakes really irritate me. Our local news does it all the time and I just sit and shake my head. I think it is an example of the quality of education coming out of our schools.


19 posted on 11/22/2005 7:31:22 AM PST by sheana
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To: mlc9852

He made a mistake, but he was man about it and did the right thing. He was working, going to school and trying to give his daughter the best life he could. I wish more young fathers would be this dedicated to their children.


20 posted on 11/22/2005 7:31:30 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly catching hell for posting without reading since 2004)
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