A (CA) father's tragedy: 'Worst day of your life times three'

Los Angeles Times ^ | October 10, 2007 | Jean- P aul Renaud, Staf Writers

[Tennessee Nana]

Laura Ingraham talked about this tragedy this morning...

"authorities fear the children died in the fire"

But it was fun for the perps...

"I'm a 44-year-old guy," he said. "You've got an 8-year-old boy and a 4-year-old daughter . . . . " His voice trailed off. "You don't have a lot else to look forward to. They become your life."

[Tennessee Nana]

PING

[GovernmentShrinker]

And here on FR, you’ll see plenty of posters ranting against efforts to deal with drag racing effectively, such as seizing the cars from the perps. I was appalled the last time I saw a thread on that topic.

[beaversmom]

I’m crying again this morning.

[Enterprise]

We almost had one of those days a few years back. Late afternoon one day my wife had two of my sons in the van and was N/B on a street, stopped at a red light. The light turned green and she was about to enter the intersection and happened to look left. She saw that a tractor/trailer was coming pretty fast so she didn’t go forward. The tractor/trailer ran the red light and if she had moved it would have smashed our van. My wife said the driver pulled over and she could see that he was shaken. We think he wasn’t drunk and the sun was behind him so it shouldn’t have been a factor.

[Goreknowshowtocheat]

This father can endure one more blast from life. Bush can intervene and claim some world court is offended by the death penalty these guys deserve and let them go.

[pillut48]

Prayers for this man for the loss of his family. :*( Robert Canizalez, 19, and Martin Morones, 21. I hate that the open borders in this country has my first reaction to these names as less than honorable! :*(

[CDHart]

Were the drag racers illegal aliens?

Carolyn

[wastedyears]

Hang them if they’re illegal. Hang them anyway if they’re not.

[PLMerite]

The question of citizenship/legal residency isn’t addressed in what was posted.

[pissant]

I heard Laura this AM mention this. This needs to end and end now.

[pillut48]

I know. :*( It's become a knee-jerk reaction for me. I worked with Hispanics for years, and knew many who were illegal (when I was teaching in east Dallas in the 90s) and I NEVER reacted to Hispanic names the way I do now--heck, *I've* been the victim of illegal criminals myself, having been in 2 accidents (one almost fatal) myself! I hate that this is happening to *me* because I know that many Hispanics are in our country legally--but it seems lately that almost EVERY horrible story we hear involving perps with Hispanic surnames where innocent people have been hurt or killed, the perps have been ILLEGAL ALIENS, many of them committing crimes NOT for the first time! :*(

ENFORCE THE LAWS! CLOSE THE BORDERS! NOW!

[SJSAMPLE]

Morones was still being sought Tuesday night.

Making a run for the border?
This has become so common it's sick.

[AuntB]

I wonder if this street racing is part of the gang culture. Here’s another one! This time 3 innocent immigrants are victims.

RESEDA, Calif. (AP) - Street racing is thought to be behind another serious accident in the L.A. area.

Police say a mother and her two children are in critical condition today after a vehicle involved in a race crashed into their park car yesterday afternoon in Reseda.

LAPD Officer Jason Lee says the drivers of a black Nissan and a red Camaro were racing when the Nissan “lost control and plowed into a parked vehicle.”

He says the mother and her two children were caught between two parked cars that came together when the Nissan plowed into the rear of 1 of them. All three victims are said to be natives of India.

Two men are in custody today in connection with the crash.

The accident came a day after another woman and her two children died in El Monte when their vehicle was hit by a car also thought to have been involved in an illegal street race.
http://www.ksby.com/Global/story.asp?S=7193590

[Tennessee Nana]

Yes here’s the LA Times article...

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-reseda10oct10,1,4285126.story?coll=la-headlines-california&ctrack=3&cset=true

I think the baby died....

[Hydroshock]

Prayres sent

[Hydroshock]

Prayer Ping

[353FMG]

“This needs to end and end now.”

Won’t ever happen with this crop of politicians.

[DCPatriot]

This father can endure one more blast from life. Bush can intervene and claim some world court is offended by the death penalty these guys deserve and let them go.

Are you always the jerk? Or do you just play one on FreeRepublic?

[Coldwater Creek]

This is an area of So. Calif. that has been pretty much Mexican forever.