photo of Tailspin, Randi Lynn

[CAP1]

Originally posted by E2hawkeye
god bless the warm hearted  and Hell will warm the cold    sorry for my Rant

dude......you have ablsolutley NOTHING to apologize for...............
hang in there bud.........

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[E2hawkeye]

Originally posted by Major Biggles
hawkeye i don't think they mean to be offensive.

there was an incident a while back where some squeakers pretended that one of their squad had died or something, and we staged a memorial flight for the guy before he posted on the boards laughing at us for being so gullible IIRC (it was quite a while back now). it was one of the lowest and most pathetic things i think i've ever seen.

things like this have happened before, so people are reluctant to fall into any pranks that are set up by dumb kids who greatly disrespect genuine tragedies such as 68KO's death, and that of randi's.




so please don't be angry at people who have doubts. we want to make sure that geniune losses like this are well respected and mourned.

i never flew with randi but was really sad to hear the news of her very unfortunate death, and i was honoured to take part in the memorial flight

im trying to remain level headed every one and fogive me if at times i rant my anger resides with the one man that seems always one step ahead of the law and i cant expect everyone to understand the situation and the veil covering the details that normaly would be public  yes there is way more than meets the eye the scope of wich is cost our family sleep  we never been a bradey bunch family she lived out of a knap sack  and lived every where at one point or another  its a factor that haunts us and has torn my family apart now i only come to you all in this game because She had sparkle in her eyes  when she excitedly spoke about it and the wonderful people we  could meet in it she never showed that level of energy toward people so i gave this a try and saw through her eyes what  that this wasint Just a game  i sit in a room that is a shrine exactly as it was when she left it still thinking shes gonna call like she did several times a week(we cant let go) you dont just get over it forgive me im ranting i have no where elce to vent my pain she was as close to having our own child my wife and i would ever get

[Ghastly]

Thank you Major Biggles - you have in a few short sentences very eloquently summed up exactly why I felt compelled to post as I did.

Hawkeye, I have no desire to cause anyone any additional pain, and am truly sorry if you lost someone dear to you.  And if there are circumstances beyond those you've mentioned that account for the fact that there is no mention of her death, then I'll simply accept that.  

And while this may have been kept generally private by the family, it has been made a very public event here in Aces High.  But the truth is that examined without the emotion that naturally accompanies the thought of the untimely death of a comrade - and a child at that -  it's an increasingly difficult thing we as a community are being asked to simply accept at face value - that there is anywhere in America today where a hit-and-run motorist can take one of our children without so much as a mention in the news, without making so much as a ripple - even that there is anywhere in America where a families wishes are even remote respected by the news agencies.    

Eaglehart, I don't even know how to respond to your post, presuming it was directed at me.  There's no 'jollies' involved, and for goodness sake - it's been openly public on the boards for week's now, with a half dozen posts and an open memorial flight.   And you're wrong about something else too. It was out of respect for the Aces High community that I felt compelled to make a difficult post as tactfully as I could.  Without respect, I'd have simply said "Ya' right, we're being conned here... " and moved on - especially as this kind of thing HAS been done in the past.  Since I think you are pretty young, I'll assume that you are still at the point where everyone who doesn't share your own convictions and opinions must automatically be a villian and let it go at that.

A final thing though that I'm fairly certain of - I'm just not that special, or different than everyone else.  If was thinking it, so are a couple of hundred others.  

Just nobody wanted to be the first (or even the second) to say it.

[BaldEagl]

Originally posted by Ghastly
But because this keeps coming around on the forum, I simply have to ask - can someone please point me to a news item anywhere that confirms this?

If you knew what state/county she lived in it would be easy enough to search the pulic records for a death certificate.  

This would have had to been recorded and would not in any way intrude on family privacy or an open police investigation.

I did a cursary open search and found nothing.  In comparison, I found my father and two of my uncles within minutes.

Maybe E2Hawkeye would be willing to oblige with state/county.

I'm not arguing for or against, just trying to come up with a very simple solution to end the speculation.

[Yeager]

I believe some traceable link or other verifiable form of proof should accompany any claim of a death being posted on any internet bulliten board.

[Shuffler]

Some folks have not read where this child lived with one of the AH families. They have a valid question... too many times falsehoods have been posted on this and other forums. Think no less of them because they question an account of what or if something happened.

Once bitten twice shy.

Tailspin

[zoozoo]

i flew with tailspin everynight in 8 player with all my squeeker friends.

May she rest in peace and always be remembered tailspin

[CAP1]

Originally posted by Ghastly
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    I'd have simply said "Ya' right, we're being conned here... " and moved on - especially as this kind of thing HAS been done in the past.  Since I think you are pretty young, I'll assume that you are still at the point where everyone who doesn't share your own convictions and opinions must automatically be a villian and let it go at that.

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dude..........if the screen names of the people involved were new names, or zip codes....then you'd have a chance of being right......but look at all of the names.....they're all well respected within the arenas, and i think eaglehart isn't as young as you think.....i've fought him, and toaked with him....he's actually a pretty cool guy. same goes for yanks, hawkeye, and most of the others.

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[VansCrew1]

Truly sad to see a young life cut short by a hit and run driver.

Tailspin and to her family.

[Yeager]

is there no link to any news story anywhere on the internet?  local news?  

If its a secret and no one gets to know...why post it at all?

If Im going to see these sad tragic stories put out here on our community BBS I want to knw for sure than my sympathies are going out to a genuine family, a genuine event...not some squeeker having a prebuber prank?

Im sorry, been burned before....proof me out.

[007Rusty]

God Speed  Tailspin

[hubsonfire]

No Yeager. The father requested a gag order, so that her family is only able to discuss what happened in a computer game, complete with her name, a brief description of the events, and some background into her family life.

[humble]

I think that certain realities need to be addressed here...

1st and formost the death of a child...any child...is a tragedy beyond comprehension or articulation if you haven't (and I thank god I haven't). However I do know folks who have (and came close to losing my 13 yr old daughter in a horse riding accident) and I've seen them age 15 years over night and a certain light go out of there eyes never to return. It is simply a wound that never closes. My nieghbor lost his 16 yr old years ago and still washes his dead sons car every weekend...

I understand the few "questioning" posts and understand both the skepicism and true intent and hold no lowered opinion or cross word. However lets assume you know you'd be right 99.99% of the time...

Do you want the burden on your soul for the 1 time in 10,000 you put even a single grain of salt on a wound that can never truely heal?

The 20 seconds it took me to whip my horse over to my busted up and bleeding and motionless daughter still replay in my mind and pass like a month over a sun dial...I literally played out the rest of my days and my decision to let her place herself in harms way (she had finally begged me enough to let her ride my horse and I was on hers)...

There are some absolutes that transend our normal caution and need for "verification" and in these rare circumstances the greater good is served by simply leaving doubts and questions unasked and unstated.

When you look at the picture you pray it was a hoax, sadly my heart tells me it wasn't.

Tailspin and godspeed..

[trax1]

My original post was not meant to insult anyone by saying there was no record of a player with that game ID, as I stated if it's true I do apologize, but as Major Biggles posted there have been cases were people lied about something like this before, so you do have to be somewhat skeptical about these things.

[humble]

Originally posted by trax1
My original post was not meant to insult anyone by saying there was no record of a player with that game ID, as I stated if it's true I do apologize, but as Major Biggles posted there have been cases were people lied about something like this before, so you do have to be somewhat skeptical about these things.

Very true, but you dont need to say anything. Even here the "if its true", "were people lied" & "have to be somewhat skeptical" comments are uncalled for IMO. Thats not ment as a harsh comment but a simple reality. How will you feel if it IS true? What do you gain by this line of "questioning" and what possible value would an apology after the fact have?

Again its just my opinion but the harm in being wrong goes far beyond the benifit of being right...doesn't it?