[JZelle]

These people are disgusting.

[b4its2late]

Like, I'm sure the kid made the thing explode intentionally. People are nuts..

[kinoxi]

?
Looking forward to an update.

[Red Badger]

Whinington State Liberal tolerance. Can't you just feel the love?............

[Sax]

While he was recovering in the hospital, Karch received visits and calls from parents and students threatening him with physical harm

Visit and threaten one of my kids while they're in the hospital and you'll be getting your own room as well.

[SittinYonder]

Traditions are important. At UGA, they ring the bell at the chapel.

[LexBaird]

These people are disgusting.

Don't you know that rah rah rites are sacred? What's a kid's leg in the face of a pep rally tradition?

[jazusamo]

For the type of people with nothing between their ears but air it seems they value football tradition more than the well being of their students, pretty pathetic.

[digitalbrownshirt]

These people might just be one nutcase harassing the kid. It's still sickening that there are so many idiots in this world.

[UpAllNight]

The school should IMMEDIATELY suspend the use of the canon until an investigation and RCA is performed and the proper measures imployed to prevent another such accident.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

People are reaching the point of no negotiation. I love it. We're nearly ready...

[WKUHilltopper]

Incredible! Nothing like compassion and concern for this kid from the enlightened left coast...

[70times7]

Not that big a deal - have one of those jerk parents fire it off from now on. (but make 'em sign a liability release first. Weasels like that turn quickly when it's about them)

[TankerKC]

Police said an investigation into the threats is ongoing.

I'd hold for that version of the story before flying of the handle on this one.

[metmom]

Seattle=Washington=loony liberal heaven=guns are BAD

Aren't cannons simply really BIG guns? So what are they doing firing them on school grounds anyway? Shouldn't someone at that school confiscate it and suspend the last 20 people who may have touched it? I'm surprised that they didn't jail the poor kid for discharging a firearm on school property.

[metmom]

Due to a difficult family situation, Tired of Taxes as asked me to temporarily assume the "Another Reason to Homeschool" ping list duties. If you want on or off the ping list, or if you see any ping worthy articles, please let me know.

[wintertime]

Mary Bissel, Karch's mother, said her son was told "there would be retaliation" if the family cooperates with an investigation into the incident and callers told the boy they would "make sure his other leg got blown off." ( from the article)
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Is this the wonderful "socialization" that homeschoolers are missing?

[af_vet_rr]

Another article, with pictures (some are graphic).

From that article:

The priority on the playing field, however, was the game, which didn't stop as Karch was carried off the sidelines to an ambulance, witnesses said.

Not much can stop football in this town, where the pride runs deep. The two-time state champions have generated many notable players and coaches over the years. Dick Armstrong was known as the "winningest coach in Washington state high school football history" by the time he retired in 1994. In his 32 seasons as head coach at Snohomish, Armstrong, who died in 1999, racked up 243 wins and won or shared 16 league titles, including 13 in a row.

As play continued, Karch was taken to Providence Everett's Colby Campus, where doctors initially told his stunned mother they weren't sure they could save his leg. Karch has since undergone three surgeries to implant a titanium rod the length of his shin to replace the decimated bone and to graft skin over the shredded tissue. In February, doctors plan to graft bone from his hip into his leg to help it heal.

"My leg was in so many pieces, it was like a jigsaw puzzle," said Karch.

"If this had happened to a football player, you can be sure he would have been airlifted to Harborview," said one parent of a ROTC member, who asked not to be named for fear of reprisals.

Since his discharge from the hospital on Oct. 23, Karch has had only three visitors -- two of them Mack and Brown. And despite invitations to school friends, not a single person other than family attended his 16th birthday celebration in November, Bissell said.

Really makes you feel good about humanity - only his ROTC instructor, a fellow cadet, and one other person visited him.