DaveinMtAiry
New Member
Hey everyone. I'm a new member who found this board when I did a search for Russ Wenzell and George Michael Bowes. Seeing as my wife is from Southern MD and I know it well I may actually stick around.
Anyway I'm here because the victim of this car crash was my former boss. I thought I'd share with you a few things about this whole ordeal. First off I won't pretend that I knew Russ really well but we were friends. After he left my company, maybe 3 years ago, we kept in touch every month or so. I won't lie, in this climate I maintained contact partially because you never know when you will need a job. But it was more than that. Russ was a really nice guy and I enjoyed talking to him.
The funeral was very very emotional. I'll never forget one of his sons looking at his mom and saying "we hope you heal soon mom. We want to see you smile again". Melissa (or Missy), miraculously survived the accident. Oddly enough it occurred on a return trip from the emergency room late that night. Missy had been going through chemo treatment and had gotten ill which prompted the trip. Not sure which hospital but I was told it was over the Bay Bridge somewhere. What I learned at the service was that Russ (who grew up near New York City) was a great athlete. In fact he is only the second person in that school's history to letter in 4 sports all 3 years he played (football, basketball, baseball and hockey). One story stuck out at me that was told by his brother. After high school he played football at some small school in upstate NY that none of us had ever heard of. He was a placekicker who apparently made a bunch of game winners that year. On this particular game his last second kick went over the left upright of the goalpost. Back in those days they were really short so it was very difficult to judge if the kick was good or not. The referee froze as he didn't know how to call it. They locked eyes and Russ said "I missed it". And that's the call the ref made. Told me everything about the man.
I don't know Mikey Bowes but apparently some of you do. I understand that it is hard for me to be very fair here but from everything I've learned of him he sounds like a bad guy. I'm glad he is off the street before he kills someone else but obviously I agree that his sentence was a joke. Who will he kill next? It's been over a year but still most of us are a long way from being over what he has done.
Thanks for listening.
Anyway I'm here because the victim of this car crash was my former boss. I thought I'd share with you a few things about this whole ordeal. First off I won't pretend that I knew Russ really well but we were friends. After he left my company, maybe 3 years ago, we kept in touch every month or so. I won't lie, in this climate I maintained contact partially because you never know when you will need a job. But it was more than that. Russ was a really nice guy and I enjoyed talking to him.
The funeral was very very emotional. I'll never forget one of his sons looking at his mom and saying "we hope you heal soon mom. We want to see you smile again". Melissa (or Missy), miraculously survived the accident. Oddly enough it occurred on a return trip from the emergency room late that night. Missy had been going through chemo treatment and had gotten ill which prompted the trip. Not sure which hospital but I was told it was over the Bay Bridge somewhere. What I learned at the service was that Russ (who grew up near New York City) was a great athlete. In fact he is only the second person in that school's history to letter in 4 sports all 3 years he played (football, basketball, baseball and hockey). One story stuck out at me that was told by his brother. After high school he played football at some small school in upstate NY that none of us had ever heard of. He was a placekicker who apparently made a bunch of game winners that year. On this particular game his last second kick went over the left upright of the goalpost. Back in those days they were really short so it was very difficult to judge if the kick was good or not. The referee froze as he didn't know how to call it. They locked eyes and Russ said "I missed it". And that's the call the ref made. Told me everything about the man.
I don't know Mikey Bowes but apparently some of you do. I understand that it is hard for me to be very fair here but from everything I've learned of him he sounds like a bad guy. I'm glad he is off the street before he kills someone else but obviously I agree that his sentence was a joke. Who will he kill next? It's been over a year but still most of us are a long way from being over what he has done.
Thanks for listening.
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