Airlife memorial vandalized

[cstockmyer]

Anyone else catch this story on CBS 4? I thought I heard there was idiots taking the medal placks off all the memorials on the bike path down by Santa Fe and Bowls...Can anyone fill in the blanks?

 

[RFsponge]

Video

Here's a link to the TV story. No print version exists on the website as of this writing.

http://www.cbs4denver.com/video/?id=25491@kcnc.dayport.com

Guy has it right when he describes the vandals as "the lowest of the low."

 

[cstockmyer]

Here's a link to the TV story. No print version exists on the website as of this writing.

http://www.cbs4denver.com/video/?id=25491@kcnc.dayport.com

Guy has it right when he describes the vandals as "the lowest of the low."

Thanks! Yeah, if anyone ever messed with my brothers memorial...there would be hell to pay.

 

[BobWeb]

Probably after the copper. Truly disturbing.

 

[cstockmyer]

Probably after the copper. Truly disturbing.

According to the story, the memorials cost a couple hundred to make. Yet are worth next to nothing money wise, if you try and sell it.

 

[firescannerbob]

On a semi-related topic...
Within 24 hours of the latest CSPD LODD, there were reports of scam artists calling people trying to solicit donations for a fictional "fund" for the officer.
There is no bottom to the depths some ass-bags will go.

 

[RFsponge]

Script

Guys-

Here's the script for the story. Should be on the website shortly.


--MOLLY--
CBS FOUR'S PAUL DAY IS IN LITTLETON TONIGHT .... NEAR PRINCE AND SANTA FE.
PAUL ... WHAT A BLOW TO THE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS WHO HELPED CREATE THE MEMORIALS

---RF/PAUL---
IT'S HEART WRENCHING. WHAT THIEVES HAVE STOLEN ARE THE MEMORIAL PLAQUES
AND WHAT'S SO DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND ... IS THE METAL PLAGUES ARE EXPENSIVE TO MAKE BUT AS SCRAP METAL ... THEY'RE WORTH VERY LITTLE:
---PKG---

WHEN THE ENTIRE CREW ABOARD THIS MEDICAL HELICOPTER WAS KILLED ... THE AIR-LIFE COMMUNITY RESPONDED WITH THIS SPECIAL MEMORIAL. THE SITE BECAME ALMOST SACRED GROUND. GONE NOW IS THE INSCRIBED METAL PLAQUE THAT PAID TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO PERISHED.

02:55 "APPARENTLY SOMEONE WOULD TAKE A CROWBAR OR SUPERBAR AND JUST POP IT OUT."

BILL WOODCOCK IS IN CHARGE OF CONTRUCTION FOR THE SOUTH SUBURBAN PARKS AND RECREATION DISTRICT. IT MANAGES THIS MARY CARTER GREENWAY ... WHERE A DOZEN PLAQUES HAVE BEEN STOLEN SINCE SEPTEMBER.

22:21 "I NEVER THOUGHT PEOPLE WOULD STOOP TO THIS LEVEL."

MOST OF THE RIPPED OFF PLAQUES WERE MADE FROM BRONZE LIKE THIS ONE. VANDALS PRIED THEM FROM SEVERAL SCULPTURES IN THE LITTLETON FINE ARTS COLLECTION. AND SAYS WOODCOCK ... THEY TORE THEM OFF OUTDOOR FURNITURE AT GREENWAY REST STOPS. THE FUNDS TO CREATE THESE PLACES ARE DONATED BY FAMILY MEMBERS IN MEMORY OF LOVED ONES.

03:41 "IF THE THIEVES THINK THEY'RE GETTING SOMETHING THAT'S VALUABLE THAT THEY CAN MELT DOWN IT'S NOT."

A BRONZE PLAQUE CAN COST SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS OR MORE TO MAKE. BUT SELLING THE SAME PLAQUE TO A METAL RECYCLER MIGHT BRING A PALTRY SIX DOLLARS.
OF THE 12 PLAQUES STOLEN ... THE ONE MISSING FROM HERE MAY BE THE HARDEST TO UNDERSTAND. IT WAS MADE FROM ALUMINUM ... WORTH EVEN LESS THAN BRONZE. AND IT WAS A FAMILY'S LOVING TRIBUTE TO A CYCLIST KILLED IN A TRAGIC BIKE ACCIDENT ALONG THIS TRAIL.

---RF/PAUL---
SOUTH SUBURBAN IS WORKING NOW TO COME UP WITH A VANDAL RESISTANT PLAQUE. THAT MEANS BIGGER BOLTS AND STRONGER GLUE. THE FIRST WILL BE INSTALLED HERE ... IN MEMORY OF THAT BICYCLING FATALITY.

--JIM---
SOUTH SUBURBAN ESTIMATES THE VALUE OF THE STOLEN PLAQUES AT FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. AND THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE WHAT WAS LOST BY LITTLETON FINE ARTS ... AND THE AIR LIFE MEMORIAL.

 

[cstockmyer]

Guys-

Here's the script for the story. Should be on the website shortly.


--MOLLY--
CBS FOUR'S PAUL DAY IS IN LITTLETON TONIGHT .... NEAR PRINCE AND SANTA FE.
PAUL ... WHAT A BLOW TO THE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS WHO HELPED CREATE THE MEMORIALS

---RF/PAUL---
IT'S HEART WRENCHING. WHAT THIEVES HAVE STOLEN ARE THE MEMORIAL PLAQUES
AND WHAT'S SO DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND ... IS THE METAL PLAGUES ARE EXPENSIVE TO MAKE BUT AS SCRAP METAL ... THEY'RE WORTH VERY LITTLE:
---PKG---

WHEN THE ENTIRE CREW ABOARD THIS MEDICAL HELICOPTER WAS KILLED ... THE AIR-LIFE COMMUNITY RESPONDED WITH THIS SPECIAL MEMORIAL. THE SITE BECAME ALMOST SACRED GROUND. GONE NOW IS THE INSCRIBED METAL PLAQUE THAT PAID TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO PERISHED.

02:55 "APPARENTLY SOMEONE WOULD TAKE A CROWBAR OR SUPERBAR AND JUST POP IT OUT."

BILL WOODCOCK IS IN CHARGE OF CONTRUCTION FOR THE SOUTH SUBURBAN PARKS AND RECREATION DISTRICT. IT MANAGES THIS MARY CARTER GREENWAY ... WHERE A DOZEN PLAQUES HAVE BEEN STOLEN SINCE SEPTEMBER.

22:21 "I NEVER THOUGHT PEOPLE WOULD STOOP TO THIS LEVEL."

MOST OF THE RIPPED OFF PLAQUES WERE MADE FROM BRONZE LIKE THIS ONE. VANDALS PRIED THEM FROM SEVERAL SCULPTURES IN THE LITTLETON FINE ARTS COLLECTION. AND SAYS WOODCOCK ... THEY TORE THEM OFF OUTDOOR FURNITURE AT GREENWAY REST STOPS. THE FUNDS TO CREATE THESE PLACES ARE DONATED BY FAMILY MEMBERS IN MEMORY OF LOVED ONES.

03:41 "IF THE THIEVES THINK THEY'RE GETTING SOMETHING THAT'S VALUABLE THAT THEY CAN MELT DOWN IT'S NOT."

A BRONZE PLAQUE CAN COST SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS OR MORE TO MAKE. BUT SELLING THE SAME PLAQUE TO A METAL RECYCLER MIGHT BRING A PALTRY SIX DOLLARS.
OF THE 12 PLAQUES STOLEN ... THE ONE MISSING FROM HERE MAY BE THE HARDEST TO UNDERSTAND. IT WAS MADE FROM ALUMINUM ... WORTH EVEN LESS THAN BRONZE. AND IT WAS A FAMILY'S LOVING TRIBUTE TO A CYCLIST KILLED IN A TRAGIC BIKE ACCIDENT ALONG THIS TRAIL.

---RF/PAUL---
SOUTH SUBURBAN IS WORKING NOW TO COME UP WITH A VANDAL RESISTANT PLAQUE. THAT MEANS BIGGER BOLTS AND STRONGER GLUE. THE FIRST WILL BE INSTALLED HERE ... IN MEMORY OF THAT BICYCLING FATALITY.

--JIM---
SOUTH SUBURBAN ESTIMATES THE VALUE OF THE STOLEN PLAQUES AT FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. AND THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE WHAT WAS LOST BY LITTLETON FINE ARTS ... AND THE AIR LIFE MEMORIAL.

Thanks!

 

[WaveRunner]

This is just plum sick!

 

[FiremanSparky]

Airlife Memorial Vandalized

I'll be blunt...what I have to say about the cowardly f**** is unprintable on this forum.

F

 

[christenorio]

find the dickheads that disgraced the Airlife memorial and bring them to JUSTICE!!!!!!!!!