Posted on 01/20/2008 5:00:28 PM PST by Sursum Corda
Fast cars were what Flaherty, 21, was all about, his family said Saturday, which is why they aren't all that surprised that's how he and two of his closest friends -- Lucas Raymond Snyder, 21, and Amber Dawn Kowalski, 23, who each shared that penchant for speed -- died early Friday when the car they were traveling in crashed at more than 100 mph into a light pole at the corner of McCaslin Boulevard and West Cherry Street in Louisville. ----- Lorie Flaherty said it "really isn't a shock to any of us" that her brother died in a high-speed crash.
"The thing that really makes me feel much better about this is they died doing what they loved to do -- they were drinking, they were going fast and they were together," Lorie Flaherty said. "It gives me comfort, it does, to know those three things."
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycamera.com ...
I guess we each have our own way to deal with grief.
Prayers for Lorie's brother and Amber Dawn.
The whole first sentence is so devoid of common sense, it is astounding that an editor let it slide.
“Yep, we wuzn’t sur-prised when those three cranked up the MPH and wrapped the car around that there light pole and killed them selves. Nope-we wuz sure expectin’ it any day now.”
The assertion made me so ill, I stopped reading right there, What a crock!
"The thing that really makes me feel much better about this is they died doing what they loved to do -- they were drinking, they were going fast and they were together," Lorie Flaherty said.
At least they didn't take any innocents out with them the way too many other drunk drivers do.
What was the title of that Peter Fonda movie where he and two others drove into a train in a fiery surprise ending? They were in a yellow Mopar of some type, and most of the movie was a chase.
You can take my speedy car when you pry its steering wheel out of my cold, dead fingers. Er, that seems a bit too real in this situation...
What the hell is wrong with the sister?They were drinking,going fast,and they were together.She sounds like she’s happy about this.
These kids were criminals not heroes. Thank God they offed themselves before they killed innocent others.
Then you missed this
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they died doing what they loved to do -- they were drinking, they were going fast and they were together," Lorie Flaherty said. "It gives me comfort, it does, to know those three things."
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Most astonishing thing I may have read.
A Double Darwin Award!
Condolences to the families of the deceased, but I cannot help but think to myself that the gene pool has just been cleansed a little bit.
You both are more intrepid than I am.
My head would have exploded reading that inane statement.
Talk about a shallow end of the gene pool......
True ... but the girl left behind a baby son. No mention of a father, and she obviously had poor judgment ... I hope the little guy turns out OK.
Girl's gotta be a natural blonde...
Ay, yes, the Daily Camera. Just the place for a post-modern deconstruction of the story of three drunk kids killing themselves.
Lousy article.
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