Comments on: A good samaritan

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:37:11 +0000

Ah, the Split Crow – many a Saturday afternoon and evening spent there. There and the Lower Deck. If any of you ever head back up this way, let me know
Sister, yeah, I would like to think the same. But I don’t know…..I am actually pleasantly surprised that this was done. Would venture to guess say it would not have been done in other provinces, at least not outside the Maritimes.

By: AFSister

AFSister — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:13:54 +0000

Michelle-
That’s really cool. I would like to think that if something like this happened in the US, the Americans would start a similar fund.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:32:17 +0000

This hurts. I lived in Halifax for a year before heading down to Pensacola. That was at the end of 7 wonderful years in Nova Scotia. I was living in Halifax when I received word I was accepted to AOCS and since the Standing NATO Fleet was in for a visit, I headed down to the US Navy frigate that was assigned to that duty. I talked my way onboard and had a nice visit and conversation about my upcoming Naval career with a few officers. We met afterwards at the Split Crow for some beer. Halifax is a great place – I’m sorry this happened and HT1 Crook and his family will be in our prayers.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:16:18 +0000

As I finish reading today’s paper, I see that the Chronicle-Herald, one of our provincial papers, has initiated the Damon Crooks Family Fund to assist the sailor’s financee and daughter. Knowing Haligonians, in particular, and Nova Scotians, in general, I am sure some generous and heartfelt donations will be made to the cause.
Until this tragedy, I hadn’t even realized that this is Halifax’s third stabbing of the year. So sad.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 12:40:07 +0000

Well I feel almost obligated to respond since Hfx is darn close to my home town, well my adopted one anyway. It really is a sad thing. What’s bothering me now is that after saying that the sailor intervened in a fight (as a Good Samaritan), the local newspapers today purported to tell a different story – that he and his buddy were attacked during a fight for their gold medallions. No mention of the Good Samaritan story. The newspaper piece today was about “bling”, how the last 3 stabbings in Hfx involved youth attacking pple for their gold chains and other rapper-style jewellry. To have as a status symbol or trade for drugs. Not sure I buy this story, but who knows…. the Good Samaritan story would at least give his family something to be proud of as opposed to dying in just senseless violence.
Lived in Halifax for three years and use to walk those hills in not the best state at 3:00 in the morning many weekends. It was a great city. I would say it still is. We use to call it the “little big city” because although it was large enough it still had a nice smaller feel to it. But definitely getting more violent lately; just another example of stupid things I did that could be potentially suicidal for my kids to try when they get to the same age.
But Bomber Guy, you can’t blame the Canadian judges yet, at least wait until the guy is sentenced. Opposition politicians trying to make hay on the story today too; the guy who did the stabbing had served four years in jail for previous stabbing; Crown has asked for 12. Pol trying to say its government’s fault for not appealing sentence. This despite fact that independant prosecution service had been set up years ago so that gov’t couldn’t intefere.
Again, my condolences to the sailor’s family.

By: Bou

Bou — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:50:27 +0000

He’s from my town. We are sick for the family. I didn’t know him, but I have sons and I am heart broken for them.