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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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To: SZonian

I'm just saying kids should be taught to NOT do something that they (or their children) will regret. Wouldn't it be better if the parents were ready (as in married) to have children?


61 posted on 11/22/2005 7:54:57 AM PST by mlc9852
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To: marvlus
No not perfect....but we as a society need to STOP glorifying bad behavior.

Ya know, when people like us used to speak out against abortion, homosexuality, etc....we were called "holier-than-thou types, etc....just like some on this board are doing now. Even though now it is "okay" to be pro-life, etc...

Things are either right or wrong...we can't have it both ways like the liberals do and say everything is okay. Everything is NOT okay.

I pray this child finds a loving, two-parent home to be raised in.

62 posted on 11/22/2005 7:54:57 AM PST by yellowdoghunter (Liberals should be seen and not heard.)
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To: yellowdoghunter
This is a sad story but he should have NEVER be lauded in People Magazine for making mistakes that will effect this child and society for a long time to come.

Oh yes, let's not present the stories of someone who has overcome his mistakes and is showing complete love for his daughter.

Just think if more people had spoken out in the past about this sort of thing being wrong...

I imagine when the situation happened a lot of his family and her family called it wrong. But it seems he stepped up and took responsibility. God can and will use situations that we may not understand to bring about His will. And believe it or not, and this will come as a shock to your tender sensibilities, some of those situations may include families that aren't two parent homes.

63 posted on 11/22/2005 7:55:46 AM PST by billbears (Deo Vindice)
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To: SZonian

I read it. I think it is great the guy was doing what he could to recover from making a mistake. I don't think he should be lauded as a hero.

Before anyone calls me holier than thou, I am just like him. I made choices that were immoral, and I am doing what I can to do right with the results. I don't think I should be lauded.

Although many of my heroes have made mistakes, they are my heroes for the things they did right, no the things they did wrong.


64 posted on 11/22/2005 7:56:57 AM PST by Sensei Ern (Now, IB4Z! http://trss.blogspot.com/ "Cowards cut and run. Heroes never do!")
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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.

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

That's a confusing pair of sentences. Is the daughter's name Diamond Diamond?

65 posted on 11/22/2005 7:57:15 AM PST by cruiserman
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To: mlc9852
I wonder what some of them on this thread will say if and I say IF we learn that he was involved in some nefarious activities that helped lead to his death?

All I know for sure is that 40 years of people being afraid to "cast the first stone" has lead America down a path that has practically destroyed the family.

66 posted on 11/22/2005 7:58:18 AM PST by yellowdoghunter (Liberals should be seen and not heard.)
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To: mlc9852

In a perfect world yes! However, as you well know, it's not a perfect world. There appears to have been some good in this young man as he took responsibility for his actions and was doing what appears to be everything in his power to take care of his daughter.

I don't condone of his premarital sex, but I do condone of his behavior and actions after his daughter was born. He stepped up to the plate bigtime.

SZ


67 posted on 11/22/2005 8:00:31 AM PST by SZonian (Tagline???? I don't need no stinkin' tagline!)
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To: ncountylee; Salvation; NYer; Faith; trussell

Prayers from TX


68 posted on 11/22/2005 8:01:09 AM PST by TXBSAFH ("I would rather be a free man in my grave then living as a puppet or a slave." - Jimmy Cliff)
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To: A message
What is a "night manger"?

He is the graveyard ( midnight to 8am) shift manager at a restaurant probably like Denny's or IHOP.

WRONG... a 'night manger' is where you go to lay your head at night when the NO VACANCY sign is lit...

69 posted on 11/22/2005 8:02:55 AM PST by CommandoFrank (Peer into the depths of hell and there you will find the face of Islam...)
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To: misterrob

You are obviously missing the point. No one is saying he didn't do the right thing - just if he hadn't (and the girl) made a big mistake to begin with, then this situation wouldn't exist. Sounds as if you are taking this a little to personally for some reason.


70 posted on 11/22/2005 8:03:14 AM PST by mlc9852
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To: ncountylee
May your soul be at peace with God, Terrell.



What a tragic waste. I feel so much for his Daughter.
71 posted on 11/22/2005 8:04:33 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Darwinism is a belief in the meaninglessness of existence - R. Kirk)
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To: cruiserman

DO you know who Dustin Diamond is? I wonder if they are related.


72 posted on 11/22/2005 8:04:41 AM PST by Sensei Ern (Now, IB4Z! http://trss.blogspot.com/ "Cowards cut and run. Heroes never do!")
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To: CommandoFrank

:-)


73 posted on 11/22/2005 8:04:58 AM PST by A message
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To: Ninian Dryhope

His marital status probably wouldn't have kept him from being murdered. Give credit where credit is due. He was a young man and was taking responsibility. Until I become perfect, which I sadly don't see happening any time soon, what right have I to condemn others' mistakes if they take responsibility for them?


74 posted on 11/22/2005 8:04:59 AM PST by twigs
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To: Abathar

Maybe. Discount everything you read in the papers. Reporters tend to fictionaize.


75 posted on 11/22/2005 8:04:59 AM PST by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: ncountylee

Sad.


76 posted on 11/22/2005 8:05:29 AM PST by GOPJ (The costs of launching an attack on America is high - antiwar dems are working to change that)
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To: mlc9852
No one is saying he didn't do the right thing - just if he hadn't (and the girl) made a big mistake to begin with, then this situation wouldn't exist.

Exactly!

And like I said above....will be interesting to see what the police have to say about the killing...they say they have some leads.

77 posted on 11/22/2005 8:05:31 AM PST by yellowdoghunter (Liberals should be seen and not heard.)
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To: VRWCmember

I just rather see some positive attention to those kids who do the right thing, that's all I'm saying. And I would think the black community, with the out-of-wedlock birthrate skyrocketing, would be telling kids this is NOT how to do it.


78 posted on 11/22/2005 8:05:35 AM PST by mlc9852
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To: yellowdoghunter

You nailed it.


79 posted on 11/22/2005 8:05:57 AM PST by mlc9852
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To: American_Centurion
I was reading some other articles and it is being reported by police that Pough was shot in the back of the head execution style. Weird...

Now, if one was to get killed in a bad neighborhood by being in the wrong place in the wrong time I might expect that the person would be killed in a robbery or car jacking, or some other scuffle, not execution style...I'll give the man the benefit of the doubt but since the original write up was in People magazine, I'm skeptical...There's more to the story here...

80 posted on 11/22/2005 8:06:53 AM PST by frogjerk (LIBERALISM - Being miserable for no good reason)
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