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**John O'Brien**
(I knew John pretty well and this is the result of too much teasing by thoughtless human beings!)
Two murder/suicides strangely echoed each other. In 1993, John O'Brien
asked members of his stuttering self-help group where the heart is
located in a person's chest. The next day he brought a handgun to the
New York subway equipment facility where he worked. He shot a co-worker
in the head, killing him instantly, and then shot his supervisor in the
chest, leg, abdomen, and back. The supervisor lived. O'Brien then
killed himself with a shot to his heart.
O'Brien stuttered severely. He had been denied a promotion because of
his speech, but co-workers didn't know whether his victims had
ridiculed him. Friends described O'Brien as "an unbelievably nice guy,"
"quiet," who "never bothered anyone."
Trio Linked By Tragedy
John O'Brien kept mum even when he played football with
acquaintances or rode the apartment elevator with longtime neighbors.
There was a simple reason, according to colleagues, neighbors and
family: O'Brien, 37, had a speech impediment so severe, he was too
embarrassed to talk, to date or even to reach out for friends.A
portrait of silent anger and isolation emerged yesterday after the
Transit Authority employee apparently went berserk, killing a colleague
and...
A Blast of Silent Anger Gunman isolated, bitter about speech defect
John O'Brien kept mum even when he played football with
acquaintances or rode the apartment elevator with longtime neighbors.
There was a simple reason, according to colleagues, neighbors and
family: O'Brien, 37, had a speech impediment so severe, he was too
embarrassed to talk, to date or even to reach out for friends. A
portrait of silent anger and isolation emerged yesterday after the
Transit Authority employee apparently went berserk, killing a colleague
and...
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Danny Boggs
When is my dad coming home Li'l girl asks.
Full story of the tragedy that happened to this wonderful guy
who I happened to have the pleasure of knowing, can be found
in these links:
And here's a link to his wife's blog that she started shortly after
Marvin Franklin
Read about this this talented man by clicking the links below:
Back when I was growing up in the Sunset park area of Brooklyn, there were a large number of gangs. Actually, there were gangs in every borough. To give you an Idea what it was like back then, I have links to information, pictures and video's. I knew many of these gang bangers back then.
Thanks to
Kingklast and others for much of these links!
**Pictures and information **
**Video's* *
(I knew John pretty well and many of the guys he trained)
You can find more diverse gang video's by clicking on Kingklast's name above. I'll add others as I find them.
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Combat training
I studied boxing for 2 years from coach Gregory based from the lunar boxing
club (Now defunct?).
One of the most brutal arts I ever learned or had to use in real fights.
Tony Cecchine is an exceptional coach. I studied about 2 years with him.
He also has a youtube account.
I trained with Craig Kukkuk for three years and Renzo Gracie for two years.
