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Not much has been said or heard about this story and it’s a real shame.   Michael Inbar a Today.com contributor penned an article titled Boy who survived Hudson crash: NFL star like ‘brother’ , in that article he reminded us of “La’Shaun Armstrong lost his family in an unspeakable tragedy, but now finds himself wrapped in the love and care of some big, burly football stars.   Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, a 10-time Associated Press All-Pro, and retired NFL cornerback Reggie Howard are spearheading a fundraising effort to provide La’Shaun with counseling, activities and a college scholarship. But perhaps more important, Lewis and others have opened their hearts along with their wallets. “He’s like a big brother to me, like an older brother to me,” a smiling La’Shaun said of the 35-year-old Lewis in a TODAY report Wednesday. “He says that I’m like family to him.” It says more about this nation that there are many who steps to the plate when the game is on the line. ...

Associated Press article titled Boy escapes out window as mother drives minivan into Hudson River, killing herself and three children told the story about “a 10-year-old boy escaping through the window of a minivan and swam to shore to get help just as his mother drove the van into New York's Hudson River, killing herself and three other children, police said today.”     When I first heard the story my heart went out to the mother and the four children but then I thought why should I feel pity for the mother?   She made the choice of suicide for the three children alone without giving them an opportunity to decide for themselves.   This was not the act of a mother who loved her children but rather a selfish act of a coward who could no longer stand to live in this world and instead of taking her own life she decided to take the lives of three innocent children which in my book are called murder. When “Lashanda Armstrong drove that minivan into the river off a boat...