Wednesday, July 14, 2010

ed thomas


ed thomas

Ed Thomas family has received the prestigious Arthur Ashe Courage Award on 14 July 2010 (Wednesday) in the 2010 Espy Awards ceremony, his family has forgiven the killer.Ed Thomas had a football coach Aplington.Parkersburg High School, died in June 2009 in the dressing room, the high school football team is a 24 year old former player, Mark Becker. But Thomas' showed sympathy to the family and the courage and the proven ability to forgive.Ed Thomas's wife Jan and their two sons came to the stage to receive the prestigious award after a tribute video, and music video by Ed Thomas's life and achievements.

His son said: "Without us, I do not think there is any way to get through this tragedy."Nelson Mandela, Muhammad Ali and Pat Tillman also received this prestigious aware of before.
2000 people worked tirelessly in the city are not focused and together. On cue, the football team took the field, and not just play the season, going 11-1. This gave comfort and solidarity with the city.But a year later was shot by a former student who suffered from mental illness. Thomas' sons and his wife not only to comfort each other, but a place to reach the parents of the boy, who was Ed's lifeThey can not even be considered defamatory to the troubled young man or his parents. This is a small town, and you see the "neighbors" means something special Parkersburg.

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