My Brother Has Just Passed Away..
07-29-2011, 08:49 AM
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My Brother Has Just Passed Away..
My brother and his friend has just passed away in a tragic accident.. I won't be attending the East Coast Maxima Meet on July 31st 2011.. I would have loved to be there and I know my brother would've wanted me to attend and have a blast but there are complications with the funeral services..
"Tell your friends and family once in a while that you love them or that your happy for them to be apart of your life because you never know when something so tragic as this can happen to you.."
TOWNSHIP C — The bodies of two Vietnamese men from Boston who disappeared Friday while swimming in Lower Richardson Lake were found Tuesday.
Five days after they jumped into the choppy water, Hoang Vo, 26, and Phil Le, 30, were found by Maine wardens using sonar equipment, Edie Smith, Maine Warden Service spokeswoman, said.
She said Tuesday that the bodies were recovered by the Maine Warden Service Dive Team and would be taken from the lake to the Medical Examiner's office in Augusta for autopsies.
Vo and Le were part of a group of 20 to 25 friends and relatives who rented boats last week at South Arm Campground at the southern tip of Lower Richardson Lake in Township C, Smith said.
The group then drove to their campsite at Big Beaver Island in Upper Richardson Lake in Richardsontown Township, she said.
Sometime on Friday, Vo, Le and two other men took a 14-foot aluminum Lund boat for a ride down to Lower Richardson Lake, where Vo and Le dove into the water and never surfaced, Smith said.
Warden Service investigators determined that the four men had been drinking alcohol and were not wearing life jackets, which were in the boat.
Smith said that on Tuesday, divers were searching at depths ranging from 20 to 100 feet.
Previously, they had searched depths of up to 80 feet in a 70-acre grid. What was challenging for the searchers, Smith said, was not knowing exactly where Vo and Le decided to go swimming.
"It's been very frustrating," she said, "because it's a combination that these people were not familiar with the lake, they weren't actually familiar with boating and they were intoxicated. So, finding what we call the PLS — the point last seen — has been very challenging."
The surface temperature of the water at the time was 75 degrees and 3-foot waves were cresting under a west-northwest wind, warden Lt. Kevin Adams said Monday.
The five-day search was conducted from the lake, the air and along the shore and islands.
Smith credited Andover firefighters and Med-Care Ambulance for assisting with the search and Salvation Army volunteers for providing food and beverages throughout the operation.
"Tell your friends and family once in a while that you love them or that your happy for them to be apart of your life because you never know when something so tragic as this can happen to you.."
R.I.P. "Philly"
11.26.1981 - 7.22.2011
"Gone, But Never Forgotten"
TOWNSHIP C — The bodies of two Vietnamese men from Boston who disappeared Friday while swimming in Lower Richardson Lake were found Tuesday.
Five days after they jumped into the choppy water, Hoang Vo, 26, and Phil Le, 30, were found by Maine wardens using sonar equipment, Edie Smith, Maine Warden Service spokeswoman, said.
She said Tuesday that the bodies were recovered by the Maine Warden Service Dive Team and would be taken from the lake to the Medical Examiner's office in Augusta for autopsies.
Vo and Le were part of a group of 20 to 25 friends and relatives who rented boats last week at South Arm Campground at the southern tip of Lower Richardson Lake in Township C, Smith said.
The group then drove to their campsite at Big Beaver Island in Upper Richardson Lake in Richardsontown Township, she said.
Sometime on Friday, Vo, Le and two other men took a 14-foot aluminum Lund boat for a ride down to Lower Richardson Lake, where Vo and Le dove into the water and never surfaced, Smith said.
Warden Service investigators determined that the four men had been drinking alcohol and were not wearing life jackets, which were in the boat.
Smith said that on Tuesday, divers were searching at depths ranging from 20 to 100 feet.
Previously, they had searched depths of up to 80 feet in a 70-acre grid. What was challenging for the searchers, Smith said, was not knowing exactly where Vo and Le decided to go swimming.
"It's been very frustrating," she said, "because it's a combination that these people were not familiar with the lake, they weren't actually familiar with boating and they were intoxicated. So, finding what we call the PLS — the point last seen — has been very challenging."
The surface temperature of the water at the time was 75 degrees and 3-foot waves were cresting under a west-northwest wind, warden Lt. Kevin Adams said Monday.
The five-day search was conducted from the lake, the air and along the shore and islands.
Smith credited Andover firefighters and Med-Care Ambulance for assisting with the search and Salvation Army volunteers for providing food and beverages throughout the operation.
07-29-2011, 09:32 AM
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07-29-2011, 11:08 PM
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I'm extremely sorry for your loss and give my condolences to you and your family. I know that the pain is unimaginable but through time. It will get better eventually. Plus, a car show doesn't mean nothing compared to loosing a loved one. It's best that you be with your family at this time of need.
07-30-2011, 07:35 AM
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Accept my heartfelt condolences, man. I know your pain. I know what you must be going through. The same thing happened to me and I have not fully recovered yet.
My 36yo brother who has been living in Germany for 12 years, passed away 2 years ago (Febraury 16, 2009), while he was at his apartment cooking with a friend. He died of heart attack. Then EXACTLY one month before his 2 year death-anniversary, my Mom passes away on January 16, 2011 from diabetic complications at a young age of 62. With these losses of mine, I truly feel your pain.
Take heart bro. I have never recovered from my losses, since the void in my family can never be filled. I am just finding ways to cope and live with my losses. Since I still have my Dad and other siblings.
I hope you find a way to cope and live with the loss. We all know he is at a better place.
MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE, AMEN. I will put him and your family in my prayers.
My 36yo brother who has been living in Germany for 12 years, passed away 2 years ago (Febraury 16, 2009), while he was at his apartment cooking with a friend. He died of heart attack. Then EXACTLY one month before his 2 year death-anniversary, my Mom passes away on January 16, 2011 from diabetic complications at a young age of 62. With these losses of mine, I truly feel your pain.
Take heart bro. I have never recovered from my losses, since the void in my family can never be filled. I am just finding ways to cope and live with my losses. Since I still have my Dad and other siblings.
I hope you find a way to cope and live with the loss. We all know he is at a better place.
MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE, AMEN. I will put him and your family in my prayers.
07-31-2011, 03:27 PM
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Accept my heartfelt condolences, man. I know your pain. I know what you must be going through. The same thing happened to me and I have not fully recovered yet.
My 36yo brother who has been living in Germany for 12 years, passed away 2 years ago (Febraury 16, 2009), while he was at his apartment cooking with a friend. He died of heart attack. Then EXACTLY one month before his 2 year death-anniversary, my Mom passes away on January 16, 2011 from diabetic complications at a young age of 62. With these losses of mine, I truly feel your pain.
Take heart bro. I have never recovered from my losses, since the void in my family can never be filled. I am just finding ways to cope and live with my losses. Since I still have my Dad and other siblings.
I hope you find a way to cope and live with the loss. We all know he is at a better place.
MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE, AMEN. I will put him and your family in my prayers.
My 36yo brother who has been living in Germany for 12 years, passed away 2 years ago (Febraury 16, 2009), while he was at his apartment cooking with a friend. He died of heart attack. Then EXACTLY one month before his 2 year death-anniversary, my Mom passes away on January 16, 2011 from diabetic complications at a young age of 62. With these losses of mine, I truly feel your pain.
Take heart bro. I have never recovered from my losses, since the void in my family can never be filled. I am just finding ways to cope and live with my losses. Since I still have my Dad and other siblings.
I hope you find a way to cope and live with the loss. We all know he is at a better place.
MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE, AMEN. I will put him and your family in my prayers.
I would like to thank everyone else for their support also.. Hope all who are attending the max meet are having a great time..
08-01-2011, 08:46 AM
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I feel for you dude 
i lost my dad on jan. 12, 2001, then nearly 2 years to the day on jan. 17, 2003 I lost my brother. Those are easily the hardest things Ive ever been through. I still think about both of them everyday, reminiscing of the good times.
i lost my dad on jan. 12, 2001, then nearly 2 years to the day on jan. 17, 2003 I lost my brother. Those are easily the hardest things Ive ever been through. I still think about both of them everyday, reminiscing of the good times.
08-02-2011, 05:30 PM
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He's with you in spirt now my friend. I lost my dad unexpectedly in September 09 he was only 51. I feel your pain and you will get through it and you'll see him again later on someday. Good luck
08-02-2011, 07:49 PM
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My dearest condolences goes out to those who have lost loved ones and posted messages of support.. Believe it or not it does help out a bit when your just laying down with your lap top and can't sleep to see messages of support coming from a group of people who hasn't even met me in person.. Again, Thx..
08-03-2011, 11:26 AM
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So sorry for your loss!
My wife's cousin died in similar circumstances a few years ago... also in Maine. Please try to remember what you're capable of and don't exceed what's safe. And remember, you're never too young for life insurance... No one likes to think of their own mortality. I can answer any questions for anyone on the board, as it's one of the things I do. My best to you and your family, and I'm thinking of you. He's gone much too soon.
Jonathan
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