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This is very inspirational. I have to admit I got teary eyed when reading about the joy in this kid.
Inside story: What happened to the unborn son Rae Carruth tried to kill
In June I drove to Charlotte to meet a boy who should have been dead. And if not dead, at least miserable. The boy had permanent brain damage. He could barely walk. He could say only one or two words at a time. He was 12 years old, and his grandmother still fed him by hand. His mother was dead. His father was in prison for arranging her murder.
The boy was Chancellor Lee Adams, son of Cherica Adams and Rae Carruth. You may have heard the story. Thirteen years ago, when Carruth was a wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers, he and Adams had a short-lived romance. When she told him she was pregnant, he told her to get an abortion. When she refused, he paid a two-bit criminal to beat her up and cause a miscarriage. When the two-bit criminal failed to do the job, Carruth raised the stakes: he wanted both mother and baby killed.
The operation did not go as planned. Cherica Adams was struck by four bullets, but she survived long enough to make the 911 call that implicated Carruth and eventually sent him to prison. And although the baby's brain was deprived of oxygen in the aftermath of the shooting, resulting in cerebral palsy, he was born alive.
I grew up in an unusual household. We didn't have television until I was 14. But we did listen to the radio. My favorite program was The Rest of the Story, broadcast every afternoon on NewsRadio WGST in Atlanta. In less than four minutes, the narrator, Paul Harvey, would spin out wild and true tales that always featured an astonishing revelation at the end, followed by the same nine words: "And now you know the rest of the story."
Something about that idea stayed with me. And when I got into the news business, it became a question I could apply to dramatic events. In 2008, a newspaper colleague named Jeff Testerman gave me a news clipping from 1992 about a high school basketball game in Alabama during which one team had so many players foul out that by the end only two players were left on the floor. And then those two boys came back and won the game. Sixteen years later, I wanted to know the rest of the story. What happened to those boys? Did this achievement somehow change their lives? Well, I eventually found out. And the answer, "2 on 5," became my first feature for Sports Illustrated.
Anyway, I saw the headlines from the Carruth story back in 1999 and 2000. But it wasn't until this spring that I started wondering about the rest of the story. What happened to the boy they couldn't kill? How was his life turning out? And so, after reading some old news clippings, I called the lawyer of the boy's grandmother and asked if he would put us in touch. He did. And that's why I drove to Charlotte in June: to meet Chancellor Lee Adams and his grandmother, Saundra Adams, the closest person he has to a mother.
On the surface, it's hard to imagine a set of life circumstances much worse than this. Which is why I was so astonished when I saw the boy. It's my job to put things into words, but I still can't find the right words to describe him. None of them say it strongly enough. He is the happiest person I've ever met. There's a light inside him that I've never seen anywhere else. I've talked to several other people about his effect on me, and they say it happened to them too. Wherever he goes -- to church, to physical therapy, to the Special Olympics -- he makes people feel better by his mere presence. When he looks into your eyes and says hello, the whole thing feels almost spiritual. And then, of course, you have to ask yourself: If a kid like this can be so happy, what right do I have to complain?
How did a brain-damaged infant become a young man of such mesmerizing power? It has something to do with the power of love.
Here are some of the other things you'll read about in my story, "The Boy They Couldn't Kill," in this week's Sports Illustrated:
• Rae Carruth's brazen attempt to gain legal custody of the boy he tried to kill.
• Carruth's 10-year campaign to erase the last words of the woman who put him in prison.
• And finally, how the father-son reunion might look when Carruth gets out of prison. His projected release date is October 22, 2018. His son will be almost 19 years old, and Carruth will have his own story to tell
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/thomas_lake/09/07/rae-carruth/index.html#ixzz26NsJsAsh
(http://i2.cdn.turner.com/si/2012/writers/thomas_lake/09/07/rae-carruth/rae-carruths-son.jpg)
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They should have gave him the death penalty
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Someday we will get over the emotional appeals and fallacies of pro-life defendants and cut right to the center of this huge hypocrisy. Reasonably this kid should have been willingly aborted for the superior good of everyone involved (even his potential self), but now that he is alive and happy he feeds the myth of "life is worth living under any circumstance".
This reminds me of that certain victim who after being saved against his orders of being left to die spoke for active and passive euthanasia.
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Man, no kidding. Everyone I work with makes clean over 6 figures after taxes and the spoiled shits still find something to complain and whine about. Makes me sick. Luckily not everyone in my job is like this and realizes we have a great thing going on, but man...the ones that don't? Go get to perspective.
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Always remember this: Somebody else`s shitty situation does nothing to change yours.
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yes, thank heaven i'm white ::)
racist thread reported
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I'll throw a story in to give you my two cents worth. While in the military, a friend of mine and I went to lunch at the Old Country Buffett in good ole Bellevue NE.
We traded some "how our life is going stories" and I noticed a young man with downs syndrome bussing tables with a great big smile on his face. I looked at my friend and said, "Jim, we will never be that happy", and Jim agreed. That young man just didnt have the capacity to worry about things that really dont matter anyway. In some ways his life was probably more rewarding achieving what he could, rather than always wanting more.
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I'll throw a story in to give you my two cents worth. While in the military, a friend of mine and I went to lunch at the Old Country Buffett in good ole Bellevue NE.
We traded some "how our life is going stories" and I noticed a young man with downs syndrome bussing tables with a great big smile on his face. I looked at my friend and said, "Jim, we will never be that happy", and Jim agreed. That young man just didnt have the capacity to worry about things that really dont matter anyway. In some ways his life was probably more rewarding achieving what he could, rather than always wanting more.
makes you wonder if happiness is all it's cracked up to be?
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Did not read the whole story but the stupid bitch of a mom should have just had the abortion cleanly, now look at how the poor kid has to suffer.
Also I agree with oldman, I too have noticed that down syndrome people are always the happiest people around.
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Always remember this: Somebody else`s shitty situation does nothing to change yours.
Good post...
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Always remember this: Somebody else`s shitty situation does nothing to change yours.
Any momentary change is a fleeting emotion triggered by a crazy story.
Remember, we need a few things to make human beings jump up and take notice. It has everything to do with three compounding factors: the randomness of the event, the gruesomeness of the event, and the helplessness of the people involved.
This nice little story hits on all cylinders, making it great for the writer, and great for the reader. How heart-warming, when, there's a little rags-to-riches thrown in at the end for the Disney ending.
The event is random - a pregnant woman is shot and left for dead. Who would shoot a poor defenseless pregnant woman? "Oh my god", say women everywhere, "I've been pregnant too, and I could get shot"! See how it works?
Phase two - it is gruesome. A tiny unborn fetus is left for dead inside its dying mother. That's pretty morbid, whether you believe in abortion or not.
Finally, phase three, and this is the sweetest - the helplessness of the players involved. A tiny fetus, unable to defend itself. A helpless pregnant woman, defenseless against a callous hate-filled man who has only known violence...what chance did this woman and her unborn child stand? What woman would fare any differently?
And there you have the hook, line, and sinker. The writer knew it. Now so too, do you all. It's classic psychology, and it works like clockwork when you're penning your article. You need to find a story with all three. Do a good job, and you'll get published. Do a great job and you get the Pulitzer.
For good measure, we get a little rags-to-riches, where the kid goes on to enrich everyone's lives, so we're led to believe. Like he's some kind of angel from heaven. And there's an evil devil to go along with it (Carruth), so we've got a natural good vs evil, man vs man struggle. Nice. And then, at the end, the hope for retribution for the evil-doer...will he weep when he sees his paralyzed son?
On so many levels, it hits home.
And to Adonis' point, it does nothing to change your life. It hammers at you like any well penned story. But it's hand-crafted, make no doubt, for your reading pleasure.
Now all we need are right- and left-wing agenda makers to trumpet it as a clear-cut case for/against guns, for/against abortion, for/against death penalty, for/against Obama-care...again, a nicely crafted story that will enrich the author. Kudos to him for playing the game right.
The loser in the whole deal is obviously the kid. I don't think anyone here is obtuse enough to think that kid wouldn't love to have not been shot at and nearly killed, and now rendered an invalid.
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The loser in the whole deal is obviously the kid. I don't think anyone here is obtuse enough to think that kid wouldn't love to have not been shot at and nearly killed, and now rendered an invalid.
what's his number? i'll call him up and ask.
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She should have had the abortion and started a family the proper way...meet man who really loves her, date, get married, get pregnant. Instead she wanted a payday and lost her life and produced a child that drains society's fragile resources.
That being said....the biological father should have been given the death penalty.
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I'll throw a story in to give you my two cents worth. While in the military, a friend of mine and I went to lunch at the Old Country Buffett in good ole Bellevue NE.
We traded some "how our life is going stories" and I noticed a young man with downs syndrome bussing tables with a great big smile on his face. I looked at my friend and said, "Jim, we will never be that happy", and Jim agreed. That young man just didnt have the capacity to worry about things that really dont matter anyway. In some ways his life was probably more rewarding achieving what he could, rather than always wanting more.
This is true, it's like a baby. They can fall asleep whenever in a matter of seconds, because they have no worries. We get older and want "things" and get so caught up in the stress of obtaining these things that we drive ourselves crazy. That being said, I'm glad I have the capability to have the stress I do and obtain the things I want.
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They should have gave him the death penalty
I agree, we don't need wheelchair-bound persons like this soaking up public dollars!
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She should have had the abortion and started a family the proper way...meet man who really loves her, date, get married, get pregnant. Instead she wanted a payday and lost her life and produced a child that drains society's fragile resources.
That being said....the biological father should have been given the death penalty.
I remember this trial as I was dating a girl who knew the victim,they went to college together. One of the witnesses for the defense was a good friend of another girl i know. this trial hit home in a close way as I got first hand info on how she was and she wasn't mary sunshine..
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Always remember this: Somebody else`s shitty situation does nothing to change yours.
Bullshit. When I'm down I always feel better fucking someone elses day up.
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I agree, we don't need wheelchair-bound persons like this soaking up public dollars!
Lol!
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She should have had the abortion and started a family the proper way...meet man who really loves her, date, get married, get pregnant. Instead she wanted a payday and lost her life and produced a child that drains society's fragile resources.
That being said....the biological father should have been given the death penalty.
EXACTLY!
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you fuckfaces are blaming the mother for all of this?
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I'll throw a story in to give you my two cents worth. While in the military, a friend of mine and I went to lunch at the Old Country Buffett in good ole Bellevue NE.
We traded some "how our life is going stories" and I noticed a young man with downs syndrome bussing tables with a great big smile on his face. I looked at my friend and said, "Jim, we will never be that happy", and Jim agreed. That young man just didnt have the capacity to worry about things that really dont matter anyway. In some ways his life was probably more rewarding achieving what he could, rather than always wanting more.
Great post bro
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They're black, how's this inspiring? why does this matter? ???
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LOL @ the tough guys on this thread, who don't have children giving their wisdom on abortion hahaha ffs
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LOL @ the tough guys on this thread, who don't have children giving their wisdom on abortion hahaha ffs
That's how we know it works.
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That's how we know it works.
Until a man has his own child, he won't even begin to understand what they are let alone have an opinion on them. In my eyes, it's akin to a bunch of amateur golfers arguing about what tiger woods should have done with his US Open Trophies.
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Too many worthless fat stupid people have equally worthless fat stupid kids to continue their fat worthless lineage.
Too often is this used as an excuse to pop out some little shithead sprog. For the name to continue. More often than not that name have no reason to continue.
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Always remember this: Somebody else`s shitty situation does nothing to change yours.
Exactly.
It is nice to get a perspective on things or enlightment from time to time, but the fact is - my life sucks, and it will continue to suck reading this article or not. Its like these articles are made to feel guilty about yourself. Well I dont. Sad story, but thats it.
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I'll throw a story in to give you my two cents worth. While in the military, a friend of mine and I went to lunch at the Old Country Buffett in good ole Bellevue NE.
We traded some "how our life is going stories" and I noticed a young man with downs syndrome bussing tables with a great big smile on his face. I looked at my friend and said, "Jim, we will never be that happy", and Jim agreed. That young man just didnt have the capacity to worry about things that really dont matter anyway. In some ways his life was probably more rewarding achieving what he could, rather than always wanting more.
Good post.
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Oops, I clicked on this thread by mistake. My life is great! :D
It's not. Your last name is Singh.
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LOL @ the tough guys on this thread, who don't have children giving their wisdom on abortion hahaha ffs
Lol at the wise guys on this thread thinking that having a kid validates your opinion more than someone who has studies laws/bioethics
Also, you can resort to all the emotional appeals you want, it doesnt change the fact that abortion and active/passive euthanasia has to be debated in reasonable terms, not in emotional terms.
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Lol at the wise guys on this thread thinking that having a kid validates your opinion more than someone who has studies laws/bioethics
Also, you can resort to all the emotional appeals you want, it doesnt change the fact that abortion and active/passive euthanasia has to be debated in reasonable terms, not in emotional terms.
Lol @ "team fucked her face" giving out lectures on bioETHICS hahaha. :D
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Lol at the wise guys on this thread thinking that having a kid validates your opinion more than someone who has studies laws/bioethics
Also, you can resort to all the emotional appeals you want, it doesnt change the fact that abortion and active/passive euthanasia has to be debated in reasonable terms, not in emotional terms.
I make my decisions about opinions I have, based on experience, and the conclusions I have drawn from those.
Taking emotions out of a decision that a human makes completely, negates the humanity of the decision. Of course I'm not alluding to 'humanity' as an agreed ethical code, but rather a purpose built design within to help us make important decisions.
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Until a man has his own child, he won't even begin to understand what they are let alone have an opinion on them. In my eyes, it's akin to a bunch of amateur golfers arguing about what tiger woods should have done with his US Open Trophies.
About 15 years ago in London my gf had an abortion. You can always second guess these things but we looked at our situation and made the best decision we could. The quality of the kid's life entered into the reckoning but mostly it was a selfish decision made on the basis that neither of us felt ready for a one way ticket to Parentville. In hindsight, I think we made the right call for ourselves, although the kid would probably have a few choice words for us.
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About 15 years ago in London my gf had an abortion. You can always second guess these things but we looked at our situation and made the best decision we could. The quality of the kid's life entered into the reckoning but mostly it was a selfish decision made on the basis that neither of us felt ready for a one way ticket to Parentville. In hindsight, I think we made the right call for ourselves, although the kid would probably have a few choice words for us.
...but then, every kid has a few choice words for the parents, be they rich, poor, healthy or unhealthy. It's their given right to criticize mom and dad. You do the best you can to protect and nuture and hope like hell that the random events of the planet don't sour their lives too early.
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What's the difference between this black child and all the rest? He can't talk properly or work, yeah like that singles him out...
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what a sad sad story. i can't believe its been 12 years already.
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Always remember this: Somebody else`s shitty situation does nothing to change yours.
True to an extent............What other people are going through though, should be an EYE OPENER/REALITY CHECK for people who think that they have such a horrible life. My buddy had a heart attack/quit breathing for more than 5 mins 3 months ago On fathers day, and now pretty much is a half-brain dead Paraplegic, its called a SEVERE ANOXIC BRAIN INJURY, i believe. The right side of his brain is very badly damaged/pretty much almost dead. In a nutshell, IF " you " and when i say you, thats directed towards anyone who reads this, If you arent Brain dead/dont have a severe brain injury/brain damage, if your not mentally ill, if you dont have a severe life threatening disease such as cancer or Neutropenia, ETC, ETC..... or some kind of Physical ailment/disorder, then you DO NOT " HAVE IT BAD ". People think they have such a terrible/miserable life simply because they dont have the life of a celebrity, and arent rich/famous.
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True to an extent............What other people are going through though, should be an EYE OPENER/REALITY CHECK for people who think that they have such a horrible life. My buddy had a heart attack/quit breathing for more than 5 mins 3 months ago On fathers day, and now pretty much is a half-brain dead Paraplegic, its called a SEVERE ANOXIC BRAIN INJURY, i believe. The right side of his brain is very badly damaged/pretty much almost dead. In a nutshell, IF " you " and when i say you, thats directed towards anyone who reads this, If you arent Brain dead/dont have a severe brain injury/brain damage, if your not mentally ill, if you dont have a severe life threatening disease such as cancer or Neutropenia, ETC, ETC..... or some kind of Physical ailment/disorder, then you DO NOT " HAVE IT BAD ". People think they have such a terrible/miserable life simply because they dont have the life of a celebrity, and arent rich/famous.
He must be a right laugh to spend time with
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It's not. Your last name is Singh.
What, you're not going to "Singh" my praises?
Yeah, my name is 'Singh' like yours is 'hypo.'
You do know that your "name" is a prefix meaning below, under, and deficient.
Well done, mate!
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What, you're not going to "Singh" my praises?
Yeah, my name is 'Singh' like yours is 'hypo.'
You do know that your "name" is a prefix meaning below, under, and deficient.
Well done, mate!
hahahaha
What's the difference between this black child and all the rest? He can't talk properly or work, yeah like that singles him out...
ROFL
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makes you wonder if happiness is all it's cracked up to be?
Sociopaths don't have the capacity to feel empathy. A lot of them are our politicians and CEO's of the world.
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Sociopaths don't have the capacity to feel empathy. A lot of them are our politicians and CEO's of the world.
Quis empathize ipsos empathy-less? ::)
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He killed his ex girlfriend and only got 18 years? That fucked up.