This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.alabama.counties.autauga/12744/mb.ashx Message Board Post: "The Man I Called My Brother" My brother was a good man. He could make anyone laugh with his laugh, he had beautiful blue eyes you could sink into. He always had a good story or a joke to tell you, and even if you'd heard it over and over he'd always tell it like you'd never heard it at all. He had never seen an enemy. He was a brother, a son, an uncle, a grandson, a nephew. Most of all, he was someone who couldn't be copied, one of a kind. He was my brother. My brother lived in residential homes for more than twenty years of his life. In August 2006, he died at the age of 46 from what we were told was a heart attack. As with the loss of any loved one, the loss of my brother was hard to bear. On January 3, 2007, my family and I once again had to mourn the loss of my brother, and ask why we must go through the mourning once again. On that day, we found out that my brother's cause of death was not from a heart attack as we were previously informed. My brother died from the ingestion of a household cleanser. No longer was this a health issue concerning his death, it was a case of neglect on behalf of the residential home he lived in. One of my brother's passions were his liquids and drinks. If he saw you with a soda, some kool aid, or a glass of tea then he needed one too. Today we have so many types of cleansers that are colored and made to smell good, anyone could mistake it for a colored drink. Residential homes like the one my brother lived in, as well as other shelters, nursing homes, and institutions are required by law to keep such chemicals and cleansers under lock and key. They are never to be left out on cleaning carts or other open surfaces where they can be reached and mistakenly ingested. These are harmful chemicals, with many other problems that can be caused by this neglect, to include the effects of cleansers in contact with one's skin or eyes. I am sending this message to bring awareness to the neglect our society is treating these harmful chemicals with. Please, if you have family in any of the above facilities, or even children in daycare and school facilities, make sure the chemicals are being kept out of reach of those they can harm. The results that these chemicals can have when ingested or otherwise can be devastating; in this case our loss was permanent. I cannot bring my brother back, but with your help we can avoid this from happening again. Please forward this message and spread the awareness to as many people as you can, as it may save a life. THANK YOU. THIS NEGLECT HAS TO !!!!!! STOP !!!!!!

whoever posted this, write to me at my e-mail ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <ALAUTAUG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 1:27 AM Subject: [ALAUTAUG] for all who have love ones from my mother | This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. | | Surnames: | Classification: queries | | Message Board URL: | | http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.alabama.counties.autauga/12744/mb.ashx | | Message Board Post: | | "The Man I Called My Brother" | | My brother was a good man. He could make anyone laugh with his laugh, he had beautiful blue eyes you could sink into. He always had a good story or a joke to tell you, and even if you'd heard it over and over he'd always tell it like you'd never heard it at all. He had never seen an enemy. | He was a brother, a son, an uncle, a grandson, a nephew. | Most of all, he was someone who couldn't be copied, one of a kind. | He was my brother. | | My brother lived in residential homes for more than twenty years of his life. In August 2006, he died at the age of 46 from what we were told was a heart attack. As with the loss of any loved one, the loss of my brother was hard to bear. On January 3, 2007, my family and I once again had to mourn the loss of my brother, and ask why we must go through the mourning once again. On that day, we found out that my brother's cause of death was not from a heart attack as we were previously informed. My brother died from the ingestion of a household cleanser. No longer was this a health issue concerning his death, it was a case of neglect on behalf of the residential home he lived in. | One of my brother's passions were his liquids and drinks. If he saw you with a soda, some kool aid, or a glass of tea then he needed one too. Today we have so many types of cleansers that are colored and made to smell good, anyone could mistake it for a colored drink. Residential homes like the one my brother lived in, as well as other shelters, nursing homes, and institutions are required by law to keep such chemicals and cleansers under lock and key. They are never to be left out on cleaning carts or other open surfaces where they can be reached and mistakenly ingested. These are harmful chemicals, with many other problems that can be caused by this neglect, to include the effects of cleansers in contact with one's skin or eyes. | I am sending this message to bring awareness to the neglect our society is treating these harmful chemicals with. Please, if you have family in any of the above facilities, or even children in daycare and school facilities, make sure the chemicals are being kept out of reach of those they can harm. The results that these chemicals can have when ingested or otherwise can be devastating; in this case our loss was permanent. I cannot bring my brother back, but with your help we can avoid this from happening again. Please forward this message and spread the awareness to as many people as you can, as it may save a life. THANK YOU. | | THIS NEGLECT | HAS TO | !!!!!! STOP !!!!!! | | | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALAUTAUG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message |