Posted on 07/06/2003 7:52:27 AM PDT by TLBSHOW
Woman Allegedly Throws Her Twin Infant Sons Into Mississippi River; One Child Still Missing
The Associated Press
ST. PAUL, Minn. July 6 — A woman allegedly threw her twin infant sons off a bridge into the Mississippi River, then jumped in herself, screaming incoherently as she fell 75 feet to the water, police said.
Several people who were at the river's edge for the city's July Fourth fireworks display Friday jumped in after them. A man rescued one of the 11-month-old boys, then pulled the mother to safety with the help of others.
By then, the second boy had disappeared, said police Cmdr. Brian Coyle.
Naomi Gaines, 24, and the rescued boy were expected to recover, though Gaines remained hospitalized Sunday and doctors were concerned that she could have internal injuries, Coyle said.
The other child was still missing Sunday and presumed drowned, Coyle said. Divers could not be sent into the river to search because of a swift current.
Coyle said Gaines, who has no criminal record, could face charges as early as Monday. She also has a 7-year-old son and a 4-year-old daughter, neighbors said.
She dropped the twins over the 5-foot railing of a bridge, then climbed over and jumped, witnesses said.
Coyle said the unidentified man who led the rescue of Gaines and her son put himself in harm's way by swimming out into the powerful current.
"It was heroic," Coyle said. "I'm impressed that a citizen would jump into the river and do what he did."
Witnesses said the woman kept screaming and resisted her rescuers.
"We were just sitting there, and we heard her screaming," said Erin Mac, who was among thousands of people at the river's edge. "She just kept screaming these bloodcurdling screams."
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When someone names their kids like that they should be watch very carefully, as they may be unstable.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-07-07-twins-river_x.htm
You went too far this time. Heck, my HTML went out the window on that last post. You have a very real problem with women. Deal with it elsewhere. Nope, haven't hit the abuse button. The day I can't debate someone without whining to mommy, is the day I hang up my mouse.
I suppose next you are going to tell me that homosexual perverts were born that way and can't help themselves.
Tell ya what: I'd rather invite some gay dude to my next bbq than you!!! Where the hell do you get off spewing hate speech on this website? We're talking about a tragedy, but you twist everyone's words, then you start quoting the bible? You inject crap about homosexuals into a thread that has nothing to do with homosexuality? Now you are a complete total asshole...."
Applause!!! Well done.
Uhh ohh...I was trying to tell this one poster that we need to wait and hear more info. Sincere and Supreme? Good holy God.
I am not anti-mother and I don't want to ban motherhood, but I do support reasonable mom-control laws like background checks, licensing & registration, waiting periods and a limit on the number of children one mother can raise. After all, isn't it worth it if it saves just one child?
Oh boy, how do they plan to implement that? I know for sure that I'm going to quit joking that I had four kids(first one at eighteen..didn't even know how to change a diaper)and managed to keep them all in one piece...
Thanks for the link. Many years ago, the Los Angeles Times ran a week long story about how this woman abused her baby boy over several years until she killed him. It was awful. I couldn't comprehend how someone could do what she did. It was disgusting. I lost the article, but I can still see that baby's face :(
The whole problem that I tried to explain is that there is a genetic and cultural standard where, when a woman kills, it's almost beyond comprehension. We expect men to be violent, but a woman killing her baby? It's cultural. and beyond our understanding. I'm not saying it's right. I never said it was right.
"Husband's 'butt crack' begets stabbing death". Hmm, a fifteen yr old blasting death metal to the left of me, a front yard full of kids doing some weird chant to invoke God to get rid of the neighbors across the street to the right of me. Plumber's crack, hahaha! Hell, a plumbers crack would be a wecome sight. They're all in the house now. Help me...
My bad, I totally cracked up over that.
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