LEFT: Velma Wade, grandmother of Curtis Cooper, weeps on the shoulder of State Rep. Kenneth Dunkin on Saturday. RIGHT: Workers removed a gate similar to the one that crushed Curtis on Friday.LEFT: Velma Wade, grandmother of Curtis Cooper, weeps on the shoulder of State Rep. Kenneth Dunkin on Saturday. RIGHT: Workers removed a gate similar to the one that crushed Curtis on Friday.That totally breaks my heart. Only a parent could understand that. What a tragedy.
Tough, prayers for the family.
Sad. You can’t take your eyes off a 3 year old even for a little bit but it sounds as if this could have happened even if someone were watching him closely.
I can’t wait for the asshat crew to get here and say how it’s someone’s negligence and the family deserved it and that having any sympathy from afar is fake and self serving.
We got some real beauties on this forum.
No one should outlive their children. My parents grieved for years after my older brother died.
I grieve for this unfortunate family and their friends.
While Chicago and the state of Illinois continue to place their emphasis on disarming law-abiding citizens.
Cabrini-Green has been a death trap as long as it has been in existance.
My heart breaks for this family....prayers up
Man that is so sad.
CABRINI-GREEN, I think that was the area back in the early 70’s cops would not even drive into there it was so bad.
How terrible. This was obviously a very loving and careful mother, and it sounds as though Super Curtis was an adorable, and adored, little boy. I guess it won’t comfort the suffering mother to know that Curtis is waiting for her in heaven and there is nothing she could have done to prevent this—even if she were standing next to him, the poor child would have died.
You wonder sometimes why God allows this sort of thing.
What a horrible tragedy. How sad. How very sad. The mother was protecting her little one then decided to let him ride his bike out back and THIS happens? Wow, Beyond words. Prayers for the family who lost this precious little angel.
Oh, that poor mother. My heart and prayers go out to her. That just breaks the heart.
That is so sad. Not sure if mom being out there would have prevented anything. When we would watch the kids (ended up putting up a nice bench and planted some flowers out by the street) we were watchful of cars and strangers. But I don’t think a gate would have been on the list of things to look out for.
However, we did have a mailbox stand with 5 boxes that was rotted out and wobbly right where the kids played - and where we tied up the dog. I’m sure it would have been quite a while by the time the post office, or the city, or whoever came to fix it. I fixed it one Saturday.
The one down the street layed in the sidewalk for two weeks after it came down in a snowstorm. I imagine everyone at that end figured “it’s not MY problem”. Government sponsored things tend to motivate that attitude. And legally - it probably wasn’t their problem. Just like this gate wasn’t the grieving mom’s problem. (Heck, maybe I could even be fined for “Tampering with Federal Property” by fixing our multi-box stand!)
All of that said, I can’t imagine the horror for this family. I hope that the mom doesn’t end up blaming herself for this, I really don’t think she could have prevented this tragedy at that moment.
The odds are just unbelievable. Even if she were right there a gate weighing that much would have probably got her too.
Prayers for this family- oh my how very, very sad.
My youngest daughter at three climbed a metal fence panel that was supposed to be wired solid- but wasn’t. The panel fell with her and broke her leg. I know we dodged a bullet with that, too bad this couldn’t have been one of those near misses so many children have while growing up.
Oh how sad, prayers for the poor family. I can only imagine how guilty the mother feels, even though she must know logically that she couldn’t have kept a gate that heavy from falling even if she was standing right there.
Heartbreaking. As the father of three, I just can’t imagine it.
Are these housing developments the ones that Rezko / Obama were associated with?
Prayers for the family.