ND Recruit Dies

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  1. Terry O'Keefe

    Terry O'Keefe Well-Known Member Administrator

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    Matt James, OL from St. Xavier in Cincinnati was killed in a fall while on spring break in Panama City Fla.
     
    Terry O'Keefe, Apr 2, 2010
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    What happened???
     
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    So sorry for him and his family.
     
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  4. Don Ballard

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    Not knowing the details, I wonder if he fell from a balcony? This seems to happen all too frequently with students on spring Breaks?

    Sad for a life ,so young, to be taken in any form.

    Don
     
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    He did, in fact, fall from a balcony.
     
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  6. Terry O'Keefe

    Terry O'Keefe Well-Known Member Administrator

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    Just so sad, he had so much potential for greatness in life. Luke Massa also a ND recruit was with him when he feel. Luke will need our prayers as well as the James familyl


    Matt James
     
    Terry O'Keefe, Apr 3, 2010
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    <t>Stunned.....I just can't believe it. I ready the story yesterday and woke up this morning hoping it was all just a bad dream. It's not. Can't even begin to comprehend how his family is taking this. Such a promising life gone in a second. My heart aches for his family and friends.</t>
     
    Tim Gentry, Apr 3, 2010
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    Tim......

    <t>Your post sums it up for me. GOD bless Matt and his family.</t>
     
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    Just heartbreaking for his family and friends. Our prayers are with them.
     
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    I was in PCB last week and they were saying this has happened more this year than in recent memory but it happens at least twice per spring on average.
     
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    What a shame. I saw this on sportingnews.com..

    Notre Dame OL recruit James dies in Florida

    http://www.sportingnews.com/college-football/article/2010-04-03/notre-dame-ol-recruit-james-dies-florida
     
    PJMIII, Apr 3, 2010
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    Another fall and another death. It has not been reported if it was a student, whether male or female, but a body was found this morning at 03:00 at the bottom of a multi-story parking garage on the University of Texas campus. The belief is that this was possibly a suicide.
     
    Tennessee Tom, Apr 5, 2010
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