Very touching story
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Topic: Very touching story
Posted By: WGP guy
Subject: Very touching story
Date Posted: 26 March 2005 at 10:54pm
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I got this from PBNation, and it really is an awesome story.
It may be long, but trust me it's worth reading. a paintballer from the UK, chris. A loving man always cared about others more then himself. He would go every weekend and promote a safe, fun game that all could enjoy. in the past few weeks he noticed a young boy he had never seen befor sitting and watching everyone play, chris approched the young boy and asked why arent you playing? the little boy said i have no gear, chris said why not? The little boy replied my family is going through tough times right now and we can barely afford to live. chris felt sorry for the young boy. He had something to cheer him up, chris was very tight with the manager and staff at the feild. After a few mins chris came back with a black and white stripped jersey and said "would you liek to ref?" the boys face lit up and he shook his head yes...he refed for the day, and then ran home to tell his parents what he did that day. From that point on the 10 year old boy refed every weekend. One day as chris showed up the boy was there and putting on the ref jersey, he got out and yelled "i think your wearing the wrong jersey" the boy, confused ran up and said huh? chris then pulled out a black long sleeve shirt and said here. the boy did not know what was going on, he said i have a ref jersey already...chris said i know but thats for refing the one i gave you is for playing. the boys face went into the biggest smile chris had ever seen. He handed the boy a spyder and said go fill your co2...the boy ran to the booth and got everything he needed. he played every game that chris did and couldnt have been happier. the next weekend chris was not there...he didnt think much of it, so he refed and talked to the staff who he had made friends with. The next weekend chris once again did not show up. the boy went up to chris's friend and said where is chris at? the man said come with me...the boy fallowed the man to his car and open'd the the back door, there was chris's gear bag. the boy knew something wasnt right. the boy opend the gear bag to find a letter that said, "i am sorry i havent been there lately but i can no longer play paintball, i have left an will not be back. i have left all my things to you. you have been the friend i never had and i will be watching you always, even though im gone you know im still here. the boy looked up at the man and then pulled out chris's all black dm4. he then broke into tears and the man hugged him and said im so sorry. he had lost the person who had started him on the only thing he had. paintball. chris died at the age of 25 of cancer. he will be missed dearly by the paintball world. he will be rememberd as a nice loving man, that care about others befor himself every time. thank you and always let chris be in your heart, because you are in his. |
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Posted By: Vitamin
Date Posted: 26 March 2005 at 11:01pm
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That is quite touching, no one should die so young, and from cancer, sheesh. ------------- 
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Posted By: cdacda13
Date Posted: 26 March 2005 at 11:02pm
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i saw that before. it is really a touching story about how one person can chage another person's life. |
Posted By: Ilovepaintball1
Date Posted: 26 March 2005 at 11:06pm
 Sad and touching.
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Posted By: WGP guy
Date Posted: 26 March 2005 at 11:06pm
Fixed so these "grammer-nazis" don't start the fire. |
cdacda13 wrote:Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 26 March 2005 at 11:12pm
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Very sad. =(
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Posted By: Bolt3
Date Posted: 26 March 2005 at 11:13pm
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Is that a true story?
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Posted By: lester98c
Date Posted: 26 March 2005 at 11:25pm
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im touched deeply
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Posted By: Notorious Bob
Date Posted: 26 March 2005 at 11:47pm
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I'd imagine not, ya never know though.. |
Posted By: Panda Man
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 12:00am
I read this in the County Forums... I am quite... Happy and Sad and the same time... 
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Posted By: A5 dude15
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 12:48am
| =[ |
Posted By: A5 dude15
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 1:09am
| i have a similar story. there was a guy who played at my local field all the time, allen. he was really nice guy, was in the army for 20 years, and always tried to help people. and then one saturday morning my familiy and i went out to eat breakfast. there was a hess gas station right next to the restaraunt. and then all of a sudden everyone heard about 5 gun shots. there were about 15 police cars outside everywhere. noone knew until the next morning on the news. the gas station was being robbed, and allen tried to help the clerk and stop the burglar. the burglar shot allen a couple of times and killed him. thats when the police took one shot at the burglar and killed him. it was really sad. and i didnt even know him that well, just talked to him a couple of times at the field and at the army navy store. they showed his picture on the news the next day and there he was wearing his spyder shirt. he had a 15 year old son too.....sad stuff. it shows you how quickly and unexpectingly things can happen. |
Posted By: bluemunky42
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 9:02am
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not to be a **edited** or anything but man i wish i got a dm4 for free! wow what a lucky kid but that must have really sucked for him when he found out chris died ------------- 
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Posted By: pntbl freak
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 10:06am
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^^^^^I am willing to bet, (if this is a true story) that the kid would rather have Chris back then to have the dm4.
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Posted By: TruePaintballer
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 10:11am
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I almost cried, that is so sad. Its nice to see that amazing people exist in paintball. ------------- http://www.freewebs.com/outlawspaintball/index.htm - Outlaws *Sponsors* http://www.abrika.ca - Abrika |
Posted By: SeaWolf
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 10:13am
but a DM4 is a lot better than nothing  ------------- 
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Posted By: Cedric
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 10:27am
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What a nice man.
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Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 10:31am
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Yeah, if my family "could barely afford to live", thats what I would do, hang out around a paintball field... Ugh, Fake tacky crap. ------------- 
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Posted By: Project Irene
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 10:36am
| Great, something tearing me up on easter morning. |
Posted By: Heres To You
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 12:18pm
Yea, cause that whole Jesus dying thing is overated. ------------- |
Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 12:24pm
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Where's the touching/groping part? ------------- 
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Posted By: WGP guy
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 12:38pm
uhh, that was Friday. Today is when he rose from his grave and from the dead. |