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The article goes on to discuss the lack of concern for Karch's injury after the cannon exploded, along with people playing "blame the victim" by suggesting that Karch somehow packed the cannon improperly. Apparently the school has also been trying to get his mother to sign all sorts of legal paperwork.
Digg has coverage of this, which is up to 685 diggs and counting.
The town of Snohomish has a website, too. Complete with a feedback form. I just used it to send a note to their "City Manager".
The football team also has their own website: http://www.snohomishfootball.com/. Looking over their website, they don't have any coverage of the incident at all. I guess it's just not that important since, after all, a football player wasn't the one injured. Oh, and they have a poll, too. "How many games will you attend in 2006?" is the current request. Right now, the answer "None" is leading by about 54,000 votes. :-)
The high school also has its own website: http://shs.sno.wednet.edu/. Once again, no mention whatsoever of Karch's horrifying injury.
SNOHOMISH -- The cannon shot that ripped into Brett Karch's leg, causing a gaping combat-style wound, has also torn a hole in his hometown community of Snohomish.Well, that really sucks, right? Just wait, here's the "fun" part:
Karch, whose leg was nearly amputated and who faces more than a year of physical rehabilitation with an uncertain outcome, has been the target of physical threats because of fears his injury will jeopardize the community's tradition of firing the ceremonial cannon before each high school football game and after touchdowns.
According to Karch's medical records, security guards notified police after Karch received disturbing phone calls and visits from parents and students, some of whom threatened to "break his other leg" or worse, if he didn't keep quiet about the accident. Hospital staff had to move him to a secure room where they monitored visitors.
Callers and visitors told Karch they would "make sure his other leg got blown off," and that "there would be retaliation" if the family cooperated in an investigation that could end the cannon tradition, said Mary Bissel, Karch's mother. "That's when I kind of got a little upset," Karch said.
The threats also included mention the family would be "banned from the town," Bissell said. She's been warned not to talk to a lawyer, or reporters.
The article goes on to discuss the lack of concern for Karch's injury after the cannon exploded, along with people playing "blame the victim" by suggesting that Karch somehow packed the cannon improperly. Apparently the school has also been trying to get his mother to sign all sorts of legal paperwork.
Digg has coverage of this, which is up to 685 diggs and counting.
The town of Snohomish has a website, too. Complete with a feedback form. I just used it to send a note to their "City Manager".
The football team also has their own website: http://www.snohomishfootball.com/. Looking over their website, they don't have any coverage of the incident at all. I guess it's just not that important since, after all, a football player wasn't the one injured. Oh, and they have a poll, too. "How many games will you attend in 2006?" is the current request. Right now, the answer "None" is leading by about 54,000 votes. :-)
The high school also has its own website: http://shs.sno.wednet.edu/. Once again, no mention whatsoever of Karch's horrifying injury.