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[quote name='mjm47' date='17 December 2009 - 06:52 PM' timestamp='1261093972' post='844223']
Sounds like an awful lot to overhear from a truck going past on the street...
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Yeah, I agree. I'm sure there is something to their story, but I'm suspicious that they may have added their own little spin to it.

Doesn't matter right now. I'm sad and wish to remember his great plays and soft-spoken words.
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[quote name='sneaky' date='17 December 2009 - 07:14 PM' timestamp='1261095244' post='844234']
I've been a Bengals fan since 1981 and I have endured over 20 losing seasons, a playoff game ruined by
a cheap shot and two heartbreaking Super Bowl defeats but never have I felt more sadness than the last
36 hours.

My thoughts and prayers go out to Chris Henry's family and loved ones. Rest in peace, Slim
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So true. It's funny how the deep the black and orange runs.
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[quote name='sneaky' date='18 December 2009 - 01:14 AM' timestamp='1261095244' post='844234']
I've been a Bengals fan since 1981 and I have endured over 20 losing seasons, a playoff game ruined by
a cheap shot and two heartbreaking Super Bowl defeats but never have I felt more sadness than the last
36 hours.

My thoughts and prayers go out to Chris Henry's family and loved ones. Rest in peace, Slim
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Howdy stranger.
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[quote name='Harmening' date='17 December 2009 - 08:17 PM' timestamp='1261095422' post='844235']
Yeah, I agree. I'm sure there is something to their story, but I'm suspicious that they may have added their own little spin to it.

Doesn't matter right now. I'm sad and wish to remember his great plays and soft-spoken words.
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Apparently the guy was working in a tree in his yard and the truck was stopped at an intersection. But as you said it doesn't matter right now. The reasons why won't bring him back.
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[quote name='Who Dey Forever' date='18 December 2009 - 12:42 AM' timestamp='1261093377' post='844218']
Anybody just see the news? They interviewed the next door neighbor from North Carolina. He saw Chris Henry beating on the window and yelling at his fiancée to get out of the car. He warned her if she didn't stop the car and talk about it he would jump out of the car and kill himself.
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From what I understood about this was the guy was "tree trimmer" or something like that and he was watching the truck go by while Henry was screaming for her to stop and
talk to him, she screamed no and Henry yelled if you don't stop, I'll jump out and kill myself....
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[url="http://twitter.com/Cosby12"][b][color="#0a0501"]Cosby12[/color][/b][/url] [url=""] [/url] Been a long day! R.I.P. Chris(slim) you will be truly missed, as a friend, teammate, and mainly a person!! One of the best hearts I know!!
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[url="http://twitter.com/Cosby12"][b][color="#0a0501"]Cosby12[/color][/b][/url] [url=""] [/url] He's the reason i forgot at times i'm a rookie the day I go to PB he treated as if I had been there for yrs! [url="http://twitter.com/Cosby12/status/6778587537"]
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[url="http://twitter.com/Cosby12"][b][color="#0a0501"]Cosby12[/color][/b][/url] [url=""] [/url] Plus he thought it was cool as hell that I know and chill with Bill Cosby...thanks everyone for the prayers! Please continue for his fam!!
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[url="http://twitter.com/Cosby12"][b][color="#0a0501"]Cosby12[/color][/b][/url] [url=""] [/url] And his famous words in our last convo, "thanks bro for checkin on me, that's real...love u bro...No Homo!!" Ha
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[url="http://twitter.com/joereedy"][b][color="#0a0501"]joereedy[/color][/b][/url] RT @[url="http://twitter.com/chargers"][color="#0a0501"]chargers[/color][/url] There will be a moment of silence for Chris Henry before kickoff this Sunday at Qualcomm Stadium. [url="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23ChrisHenry"][color="#0a0501"]#ChrisHenry[/color][/url] [url="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23bengals"][color="#0a0501"]#bengals[/color][/url] at [url="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23char"][color="#0a0501"]#char[/color][/url]
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[url="http://twitter.com/joereedy"][b][color="#0a0501"]joereedy[/color][/b][/url] Will be talking about the day here on CNN at 8:10 [url="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23bengals"][color="#0a0501"]#bengals[/color][/url]
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[quote name='oldschooler' date='17 December 2009 - 09:04 PM' timestamp='1261098279' post='844255']
[url="http://twitter.com/joereedy"][b][color="#0a0501"]joereedy[/color][/b][/url] RT @[url="http://twitter.com/chargers"][color="#0a0501"]chargers[/color][/url] There will be a moment of silence for Chris Henry before kickoff this Sunday at Qualcomm Stadium. [url="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23ChrisHenry"][color="#0a0501"]#ChrisHenry[/color][/url] [url="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23bengals"][color="#0a0501"]#bengals[/color][/url] at [url="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23char"][color="#0a0501"]#char[/color][/url]
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[url="http://twitter.com/joereedy"][b][color="#0a0501"]joereedy[/color][/b][/url] Will be talking about the day here on CNN at 8:10 [url="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23bengals"][color="#0a0501"]#bengals[/color][/url]
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The anchor on CNN is a real shitbag
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Shame that Toobin and Sanchez were so ill informed about Henry. They made some negative assumptions like most without knowing much detail to anything regarding his "past".

Can someone remind me what exactly he was ever convicted of? I remember bogus charger dropped regarding bottle thrown at some car, and maybe a DUI or something, and some minor traffic violation regarding his license.
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[quote name='Rumble In the Jungle' date='17 December 2009 - 08:49 PM' timestamp='1261097388' post='844248']
has anyone seen Bengals.com front page :o it is sweet
makes a great desktop wallpaper.

[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y277/nammari/henry_splash1.jpg[/IMG]
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That's very nice, thanks for cross-posting it here, and thanks to whomever it was who pulled the updated "15" logo off to make this:

[img]http://img70.yfrog.com/img70/6861/51jp.jpg[/img]
http://img70.yfrog.com/img70/6861/51jp.jpg

I don't have a helmet that I can affix a sticker to the back of, but I can certainly print-off a nice copy of this and display it in the back window of my car as a small statement of support.

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[quote name='AmishBengalFan' date='17 December 2009 - 10:43 PM' timestamp='1261104200' post='844286']
That's very nice, thanks for cross-posting it here, and thanks to whomever it was who pulled the updated "15" logo off to make this:

[img]http://img70.yfrog.com/img70/6861/51jp.jpg[/img]
http://img70.yfrog.com/img70/6861/51jp.jpg

I don't have a helmet that I can affix a sticker to the back of, but I can certainly print-off a nice copy of this and display it in the back window of my car as a small statement of support.
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no problem. i took off the part at the bottom right corner that said click here to continue to bengals.com so it would make a nice desktop wallpaper.
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[quote name='Rumble In the Jungle' date='18 December 2009 - 12:46 PM' timestamp='1261104401' post='844288']
no problem. i took off the part at the bottom right corner that said click here to continue to bengals.com so it would make a nice desktop wallpaper.
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Actually, my taskbar covers that part of it.
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[size="5"][b]Chris Henry threatened to kill himself as girlfriend drove off, witness says[/b]
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[size="4"][b]Details emerging in accident that killed Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver[/b]
[/size]By Carrie Whitaker • [email="cwhitaker@enquirer.com"]cwhitaker@enquirer.com[/email] • December 17, 2009
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. [/b]- In the last conscious moments of Chris Henry's life, the Bengals wide receiver begged the woman who has been credited for helping turn his life around to stop so they could talk or he would kill himself, a witness said.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police verify that a domestic dispute jump-started the turn of events that led to fatal injuries Henry sustained after falling from a moving pickup Wednesday. Henry, who had a troubled past, was on medical leave visiting with his fiancée Loleini Tonga's family when the fight began Wednesday afternoon.They were to be wed in March.

Tonga's neighbor, Lee Hardy, was perched on a 15-foot ladder cutting back some trees when he saw the yellow pickup "zooming" up the Tongas' gravel driveway just a few yards away. Hardy said a shirtless black man clung to the top and side of the truck while standing in the bed, begging her to stop the vehicle.

"He was banging on the top, on the doors, screaming at the lady, 'We need to talk,'" Hardy said. "He said, 'If you take off, I'm going to jump off the truck and kill myself.'"
Hardy said she stopped, hesitating at the end of the driveway, and took off.

Soon afterward, emergency dispatchers got at least two calls to 911.

• [b][url="http://bit.ly/6Tokzj"]911 call: Henry in truck[/url][/b]
• [b][url="http://bit.ly/6ynLbg"]911 call: Henry in road[/url][/b]

One came from a woman driving behind the truck.

"I'm driving behind a yellow F-150, there's a black man on it with no shirt, he's got his arm in a cast," the woman reports. "He's beating on the truck … I don't know if he's trying to break in it or something crazy."

Then this call: "I need an ambulance now," a man said when he called dispatch. "There's a man laying in the road … he looks dead, there's no movement."

The caller goes on to tell emergency dispatchers that a crowd of people were standing around Henry. Someone was taking his pulse.

• [b][url="http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=AB&Dato=20091217&Kategori=SPT02&Lopenr=912170806&Ref=PH"]Photos: Bengals practice on Thursday[/url][/b]
• [b][url="http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=AB&Dato=20091217&Kategori=SPT02&Lopenr=912170802&Ref=PH"]Press conference photos[/url][/b]
• [b][url="http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=AB&Dato=20091018&Kategori=SPT02&Lopenr=910180801&Ref=PH"]Photos: Chris Henry and fiancée[/url]
• [url="http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=AB&Dato=20091216&Kategori=NEWS01&Lopenr=912160804&Ref=PH"]Photos: Accident scene[/url]
• [url="http://www.wcnc.com/video?id=79449252&sec=552217"]Video from the accident scene[/url][/b]


The spot where Henry hit the pavement was just a half-mile from Tonga's family home.

According to police, Tonga stopped immediately and rushed to his side.

"She pulled the vehicle over to get out and help," said Charlotte-Mecklenburg police spokeswoman Officer Rosalyn Harrington.

No charges have been filed by police in connection with the incident.

"Even though this is a high-profile case, we are treating it like any other case in Charlotte," Harrington said.

About 6:30 a.m. Thursday, after hours of hoping and praying by family, friends and fans for a miraculous recovery, Henry died at Carolinas Medical Center south of downtown Charlotte.

He leaves behind three children. He and Tonga had two children together, Chris Jr., 2, and DeMarcus, 1.

Few details of the police investigation have been released.

As national media flocked to Charlotte, neighbors of the Tonga family watched the circus unfold outside their front doors.

Hardy said the Tongas have been great neighbors, occupying three properties that surround his. The Tongas' son often mows his grass without being asked, he said.
The Tongas, a Mormon family with ties to Fort Bragg is very close, Hardy said.

He and other neighbors mentioned that the family invited them to large luaus at their home with roasting pigs and hula dancing.

"They came and got my girls for trick-or-treat and a big Easter egg hunt," said Jamie Dunn, who is friends with Loleini Tonga's sister and lives across the street.

"They are just a really friendly family," Dunn said.

Neither the Tongas nor the Henrys have released statements to The Enquirer since Henry died. Henry's agent David Lee said they are destroyed by his death.

The injuries he sustained are a mystery at this point. Hospital officials would not even say Henry had been treated there Wednesday.

According to an investigator with the local medical examiner in Charlotte, Henry's body had not been received by their office or the morgue by mid-day Thursday. She was not sure if it would arrive Thursday night.

Once the body is received, preliminary details like cause of death may be available as soon as Friday, she said.

Charlotte bartender and sports fanatic Al Harris recalled other tragedies that have befallen on athletes in Charlotte, N.C.

He rattled off tragedies like Fred Lane, a Carolina Panthers running back who was shot and killed by his wife in July 2000; and Bobby Phills, a Charlotte Hornets basketball player who died street racing after practice. There's also Rae Carruth, a former first-round pick of the NFL's Carolina Panthers who was convicted for hiring a hit man who shot and killed his pregnant girlfriend.

"I'm telling you," Harris said. "Charlotte's cursed."




There is a pic in the link of Henry's fiancee's parent's house and there are tire tracks through the yard.



[url="http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20091217/SPT02/312170071/1066/Chris+Henry+911+calls+released"]http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20091217/SPT02/312170071/1066/Chris+Henry+911+calls+released[/url]
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I just wanted to stop by and say how very sorry I am for the loss Bengal land has suffered. Henry appeared to be getting his act together and was having a great season until he broke his arm. My heart goes out to his family and everyone in Bengal land. It is always tragic when a life is cut too short.

R.I.P Chris!!
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