Cane Garden closed today

[Bill32]

Three of Cane's cooks died in a auto accident this morning in Orlando plus two seriously injured, all young guys..........what a waste...........

[jane032657]

How shocking and sad. And on the day when in Washington we are burying two innocent boys who were blown up in a house by their dad. What a horrible day.

[graciegirl]

I am so sad to hear this awful news. What a great bunch of folks work there. I am sure they are suffering like family.

[Bill32]

Correction, happened in Ocala, Ocala.com has the details

[memason]

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[skip0358]

All I can say is. Prayers to the families. That car is unreal. What a shame!

[swimdawg]

My heart goes out to their family and friends......so sad.

[Barefoot]

Three of Cane's cooks died in a auto accident this morning in Orlando plus two seriously injured, all young guys..........what a waste...........

That is the saddest news I've heard in a long, long time. I'm so sorry for everyone affected by this horrific accident.

[Skip2MySue]

That is the saddest news I've heard in a long, long time. I'm so sorry for everyone affected by this horrific accident.

After looking at the picture of the car and reading the story the 1st thought that comes to mind is how sad that we've lost these young men so soon in their lives and the pain that their families must be suffering.
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[Debfrommaine]

Can not even comprehend what the family members must be going through - and all their friends at Cane Garden. Very, very sad loss to so many.

[Bonny]

OMG !! That is so sad. Prayers to the families & friends.

[pooh]

Prayers are offered for those who have died as well as all who knew and loved them.

[skyguy79]

It makes me sad whenever I hear of a catastrophic accident like this and it has since I was a kid and a family of 5 children all perished in an accident. It really sunk in when I got to see their graves that were in the same cemetary where my younger brother was buried. http://www.jlo.net/forums/images/smilies/set2/s2sad.gif

[brostholder]

How heartbreaking. My thoughts and prayers go out to their family and friends.

[angiefox10]

I've been watching this thread since it started this morning and just haven't been able to post. This is so very sad. So young and such a loss. I am so heartbroken about this that I honestly have no words.

My thoughts are to the families.... to the friends they left behind and the friends they were yet to meet! The wives and children they will never have. I don't just see a loss of these young men but the future they may have brought had they had the chance.

My heart is breaking for these young men whom I have not even met.

Sending positive thoughts and vibrations to the families, and to all who knew them.

I'm only sorry that my words.... or anyone's words will not change a thing....

[Oren L Miller]

I've been watching this thread since it started this morning and just haven't been able to post. This is so very sad. So young and such a loss. I am so heartbroken about this that I honestly have no words.

My thoughts are to the families.... to the friends they left behind and the friends they were yet to meet! The wives and children they will never have. I don't just see a loss of these young men but the future they may have brought had they had the chance.

My heart is breaking for these young men whom I have not even met.

Sending positive thoughts and vibrations to the families, and to all who knew them.

I'm only sorry that my words.... or anyone's words will not change a thing....

Very nicely said

[rubicon]

I've been watching this thread since it started this morning and just haven't been able to post. This is so very sad. So young and such a loss. I am so heartbroken about this that I honestly have no words.

My thoughts are to the families.... to the friends they left behind and the friends they were yet to meet! The wives and children they will never have. I don't just see a loss of these young men but the future they may have brought had they had the chance.

My heart is breaking for these young men whom I have not even met.

Sending positive thoughts and vibrations to the families, and to all who knew them.

I'm only sorry that my words.... or anyone's words will not change a thing....


angiefox 10: what a caring and compassionate human being you are we need more of you

[lightworker888]

I have been too shaken up and speechless to post as my thoughts were along the same lines as yours and you expressed them so beautifully.

LW888

[Boudicca]

Yes, they were a fine group of young men. Our condolences to their families. :(

[lovsthosebigdogs]

I've been watching this thread since it started this morning and just haven't been able to post. This is so very sad. So young and such a loss. I am so heartbroken about this that I honestly have no words.

My thoughts are to the families.... to the friends they left behind and the friends they were yet to meet! The wives and children they will never have. I don't just see a loss of these young men but the future they may have brought had they had the chance.

My heart is breaking for these young men whom I have not even met.

Sending positive thoughts and vibrations to the families, and to all who knew them.

I'm only sorry that my words.... or anyone's words will not change a thing....

Said so well it leaves nothing left for me to add. Thank you for those lovely thoughts. The families and friends left behind are in my thoughts and prayers.

[Pturner]

I've been watching this thread since it started this morning and just haven't been able to post. This is so very sad. So young and such a loss. I am so heartbroken about this that I honestly have no words.

My thoughts are to the families.... to the friends they left behind and the friends they were yet to meet! The wives and children they will never have. I don't just see a loss of these young men but the future they may have brought had they had the chance.

My heart is breaking for these young men whom I have not even met.

Sending positive thoughts and vibrations to the families, and to all who knew them.

I'm only sorry that my words.... or anyone's words will not change a thing....

Well said. No words can describe the profound sadness. Next time we go to Cain, we should hug the staff and tell them how much we appreciate them and how sorry we are for this tragic loss.

[KathieI]

Very Sad!!
RIP to these young men!!
Our condolences to their families and friends....

[Bill-n-Brillo]

Horrible news - hate to hear about those kinds of things. I can't imagine what the families are going through.

Our condolences.

Bill :)

[golf2140]

I've been watching this thread since it started this morning and just haven't been able to post. This is so very sad. So young and such a loss. I am so heartbroken about this that I honestly have no words.

My thoughts are to the families.... to the friends they left behind and the friends they were yet to meet! The wives and children they will never have. I don't just see a loss of these young men but the future they may have brought had they had the chance.

My heart is breaking for these young men whom I have not even met.

Sending positive thoughts and vibrations to the families, and to all who knew them.

I'm only sorry that my words.... or anyone's words will not change a thing....


Very Nice

[Happinow]

I'm just reading about this horrible accident. It took my breath away. I don't even know what to say. I will be thinking of these men and their families for the rest of my stay here and my steps will be taken with this tragedy in mind. God, I wish people would slow down....

I don't think can go to Cane Garden without crying.

[graciegirl]

Well said. No words can describe the profound sadness. Next time we go to Cain, we should hug the staff and tell them how much we appreciate them and how sorry we are for this tragic loss.


You are completely and absolutely right.

[senior citizen]

I've been watching this thread since it started this morning and just haven't been able to post. This is so very sad. So young and such a loss. I am so heartbroken about this that I honestly have no words.

My thoughts are to the families.... to the friends they left behind and the friends they were yet to meet! The wives and children they will never have. I don't just see a loss of these young men but the future they may have brought had they had the chance.

My heart is breaking for these young men whom I have not even met.

Sending positive thoughts and vibrations to the families, and to all who knew them.

I'm only sorry that my words.... or anyone's words will not change a thing....

Beautifully said. After reading the article on ocala.com, I thought they were much too young to pass, but then again, perhaps it was just their time as so many of the young and innocents (like the children in Washington State) have had their short lives ended.

Read below sentiment, often read at funerals..........
To anyone who does genealogy, tracing back generations of ancestors, it makes sense. There is always someone waiting "on the other side" ....

Gone From My Sight

I am standing upon the seashore.
A ship at my side spreads her white
sails to the morning breeze and starts
for the blue ocean.

She is an object of beauty and strength.
I stand and watch her until at length
she hangs like a speck of white cloud
just where the sea and sky come
to mingle with each other.

Then, someone at my side says;
"There, she is gone!"

"Gone where?"
Gone from my sight. That is all.
She is just as large in mast and hull
and spar as she was when she left my side
and she is just as able to bear her
load of living freight to her destined port.
Her diminished size is in me, not in her.

And just at the moment when someone
at my side says, "There, she is gone!"
There are other eyes watching her coming,
and other voices ready to take up the glad
shout;
"Here she comes!"
And that is dying.

by Henry Van Dyke, a 19th Century clergyman, educator, poet, and religious writer


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[Daisy]

How tragic. Those poor families.

[Bubbalarry]

It is so sad to hear about the young boys in the car accident but to also hear about the father that took his life and his two boys makes me sick . Do u know how many couples would have joyfully adopted those boys. Why didn't he just end his life without taken god's children.

[redwitch]

There truly are no words to imagine the heartbreak of those who knew and loved these young men. Angiefox, thank you for stating so beautifully what we are all feeling. May their families and friends find some relief from their pain and grief as time passes.

[rubicon]

Beautifully said. After reading the article on ocala.com, I thought they were much too young to pass, but then again, perhaps it was just their time as so many of the young and innocents (like the children in Washington State) have had their short lives ended.

Read below sentiment, often read at funerals..........
To anyone who does genealogy, tracing back generations of ancestors, it makes sense. There is always someone waiting "on the other side" ....

Gone From My Sight

I am standing upon the seashore.
A ship at my side spreads her white
sails to the morning breeze and starts
for the blue ocean.

She is an object of beauty and strength.
I stand and watch her until at length
she hangs like a speck of white cloud
just where the sea and sky come
to mingle with each other.

Then, someone at my side says;
"There, she is gone!"

"Gone where?"
Gone from my sight. That is all.
She is just as large in mast and hull
and spar as she was when she left my side
and she is just as able to bear her
load of living freight to her destined port.
Her diminished size is in me, not in her.

And just at the moment when someone
at my side says, "There, she is gone!"
There are other eyes watching her coming,
and other voices ready to take up the glad
shout;
"Here she comes!"
And that is dying.

by Henry Van Dyke, a 19th Century clergyman, educator, poet, and religious writer


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Thank you so very much it was quite comforting and joyious

[PPreu]

This tragedy has affected me, on a personal note, a lot more then I thought it would have. One of the deceased young boys' name is Eric Baker. Those of you that frequented CG in the evenings might recognize him by his baby-face, clean-cut look as he whisked around the restaurant clearing tables of dirty dishes.

Eric was an aspiring professional golfer, enrolled in PGA College, just three weeks shy of graduating.

His warmth, kindness and genuine affability never ceased to amaze me. He never failed to stop by and say "hi" to my wife and I as we dined.

On Friday afternoon, at 4:00, I said goodbye to Eric, as he ran off a golf course where we had been playing, so he could be at work at CG on time.

I sat with his father for a while, telling him how enamored of his son, that my wife and I had become. His dad beemed with an obvious pride that a father has for his son.

Ten hours later, gone, way too soon.

Ironically, a year ago, my wife and I moved to The Villages from Ocala. This accident happened near our old house.

Eric Baker was 21.

R.I.P. friend.

[angiefox10]

This tragedy has affected me, on a personal note, a lot more then I thought it would have. One of the deceased young boys' name is Eric Baker. Those of you that frequented CG in the evenings might recognize him by his baby-face, clean-cut look as he whisked around the restaurant clearing tables of dirty dishes.

Eric was an aspiring professional golfer, enrolled in PGA College, just three weeks shy of graduating.

His warmth, kindness and genuine affability never ceased to amaze me. He never failed to stop by and say "hi" to my wife and I as we dined.

On Friday afternoon, at 4:00, I said goodbye to Eric, as he ran off a golf course where we had been playing, so he could be at work at CG on time.

I sat with his father for a while, telling him how enamored of his son, that my wife and I had become. His dad beemed with an obvious pride that a father has for his son.

Ten hours later, gone, way too soon.

Ironically, a year ago, my wife and I moved to The Villages from Ocala. This accident happened near our old house.

Eric Baker was 21.

R.I.P. friend.

PPreu,

You just put a face to one of the young men. You gave us some information about him, who he was... to you.... and to his family.

This was hard to read and I have tears running down my cheeks as I read it, but I needed to.... I needed to read it! I needed to know who he was.

For this I thank you.

[2BNTV]

I've been watching this thread since it started this morning and just haven't been able to post. This is so very sad. So young and such a loss. I am so heartbroken about this that I honestly have no words.

My thoughts are to the families.... to the friends they left behind and the friends they were yet to meet! The wives and children they will never have. I don't just see a loss of these young men but the future they may have brought had they had the chance.

My heart is breaking for these young men whom I have not even met.

Sending positive thoughts and vibrations to the families, and to all who knew them.

I'm only sorry that my words.... or anyone's words will not change a thing....

Lovely thoughts.

So young and so sad.

[PaPaLarry]

Go to Ocala.com and look up Feb 11nth. Accident on front page

[graciegirl]

This tragedy has affected me, on a personal note, a lot more then I thought it would have. One of the deceased young boys' name is Eric Baker. Those of you that frequented CG in the evenings might recognize him by his baby-face, clean-cut look as he whisked around the restaurant clearing tables of dirty dishes.

Eric was an aspiring professional golfer, enrolled in PGA College, just three weeks shy of graduating.

His warmth, kindness and genuine affability never ceased to amaze me. He never failed to stop by and say "hi" to my wife and I as we dined.

On Friday afternoon, at 4:00, I said goodbye to Eric, as he ran off a golf course where we had been playing, so he could be at work at CG on time.

I sat with his father for a while, telling him how enamored of his son, that my wife and I had become. His dad beemed with an obvious pride that a father has for his son.

Ten hours later, gone, way too soon.

Ironically, a year ago, my wife and I moved to The Villages from Ocala. This accident happened near our old house.

Eric Baker was 21.

R.I.P. friend.

My heart aches for you and for his family and for his co-workers at Cane Garden.

Thank you for your words about this dear young man, Eric Baker.