X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,cc8cf6e45c4730f1 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-09-27 00:54:39 PST Path: news1.google.com!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-04!sn-xit-06!sn-xit-08!sn-xit-09!supernews.com!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newshub1.kdd1.nap.home.ne.jp!news.home.ne.jp!news1.rdc1.ky.home.ne.jp.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "kirara" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art References: Subject: Re: My Brother Lines: 25 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-2022-jp" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 04:14:31 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 61.25.9.222 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.ne.jp X-Trace: news1.rdc1.ky.home.ne.jp 1064636071 61.25.9.222 (Sat, 27 Sep 2003 13:14:31 JST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 13:14:31 JST Organization: @Home Network Xref: news1.google.com alt.ascii-art:25384 "Quong Nguyen" wrote in message news:Xns9402DE8B63883quongnguyenyahoocom@216.168.3.44... > I have sad news. > My name is Quong Nguyen and I am Tran Nguyen's younger brother. Last > weekend Tran and I went out late to a Taco Bell for some food when we were > caught in the crossfire of a drive-by shooting in downtown Oakland. > Tears are streaming down my face as I write this because Tran pushed me > down to safety behind his Honda. He died four hours later at the Alameda > County Medical Center. The doctors said he was dead the minute he entered > the emergency room but they did their best. > I've never really read the internet but he always talked about his friends > on alt.ascii-art and making his buffoonish cartoons. He also wrestled with > his alcoholism which had haunted him since early high school and his way of > overcoming this demon was through laughter. > Tran's ashes were scattered over the Pacific on Tuesday in a traditional > Buddhist ceremony. His ascii art "farts" will remain on the web for > generations to come so he won't be forgotten. ......Really? I can believe it NEVER! kirara