Bengals WR Chris Henry passes away
by John Bena on Dec 17, 2009 8:05 AM MST
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PrintESPN.com is reporting that Cincinnati Bengals WR Chris Henry has died from injuries suffered when he fell out of the back of a truck during a domestic dispute with his fiance. He was 26.
Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry died Thursday, one day after suffering injures in a fall from the back of a pickup truck, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said. He was 26.
Police on Wednesday described the incident as a domestic dispute with his fiancée. Henry was found in the road about eight miles north of downtown Charlotte.
While this website focuses on the Broncos, it seems relevant to take notice anytime that something tragic, and senseless, like this happens within the NFL. We are coming up on a tragic anniversary of our own in a couple weeks, which makes this even more saddening.
Our thoughts go out to Chris Henry's family, friends, the Cincinnati Bengals and their fans as the reality of this tragedy sets in.
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Too bad...Looked like he might be getting it together.
Prayers to his family!
-Richee
-Measure your performance against your best competitors and consider how you can use it to beat them the next time!
-Your concious mind can only hold one thought at a time, positive or negative. Which is it going to be???
That is what makes this even worse.
A very tragic day for the Cincinnati organization.
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This is a true tragedy.
Chris Henry has had problems in the past, but for the first time, it seemed like he had turned a corner. He hasn’t had trouble for quite a while.
He was away from the team after breaking his forearm in early November. It really will have an impact on the Bengal fanbase and people from the northern kentucky area, my hometown.
In fact, I was in the same graduating class as his cousin, who I would sometimes talk to about Chris and his troubles and wonder what was going on. His cousin would assure me that Chris was getting his act together and becoming more of a family man, as of late. It was good to hear, because it is tragic for a talent like that to get suspended because of marijuana troubles and other legal issues. Like I said, Chris had gotten it back together and was playing really well for the Bengals.
This truly will affect many around the NFL, Bengals franchise, the fans, and the Greater Cincinnati area. What a loss. My thoughts and prayers go out to the family. This hurt won’t go away for a while, as we all know.
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Girl, you don't need to be a 10, as long as you have a good smile and smell like bacon.
As a former Ohio resident
I was really sad to hear this, especially about such a talented young man. Prayers to his family, his team, and his friends. We all know how sad it is to watch one of our players be taken tragically.
If Taylor Swift were to try and tackle me, I'd let her.
Girl, you don't need to be a 10, as long as you have a good smile and smell like bacon.
+1 KB!
-Richee
-Measure your performance against your best competitors and consider how you can use it to beat them the next time!
-Your concious mind can only hold one thought at a time, positive or negative. Which is it going to be???
by BroncoSense72 on Dec 17, 2009 11:49 AM MST up reply actions
My prayers go out to the Henry family....
"A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do" Walter Gagenot
"Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible."
Damn...
Even if he hadn’t gotten his life on the right track, I’d still call this a tradgedy. But for someone who made such a drastic 180 degree improvement in his life to die at such a young age is even more tragic. He was only 26 – I know people in their 30’s that still don’t have their stuff together.
Belief is accepting something because you’ve been convinced to do so, whether you like it or not. Faith is accepting something because you want to accept it.
by Hercules Rockefeller on Dec 17, 2009 9:06 AM MST reply actions
I don't know if statistically domestic violence is more
prevalant in the NFL or not, but regardless, the NFL should intervene with family counselors for any players who are having domestic trouble. Wouldn’t expect an NFL player to be a DV murder victim (although who knows what happened before Henry thrown from the truck) though.
Sad
Character may be manifested in the great moments but it is made in the small ones -- Philip Brooks
Very sad,
"Some guys got drafted and they ain't played football in 15 years and I'm still waiting to get drafted. I'm still waiting to hear my name." -Rod Smith
Just, wow.
We know all too well, after the loss of Darrent Williams, how it feels to lose someone with so much promise.
My thoughts and prayers to everyone involved, for what it’s worth.
Thanks for another fantastic season...here's to Rocktober 2010!
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Chicago radio saying how henry seemed to have gotten his act together this year.
they were talking about how he seemed to have figured things out. they read some article about him earlier this season about becoming a family man. RIP Chirs Henry. my prayers go out to his friends and family
A sad day in the NFL community and my prayers go out to the family and friends of Chris Henry.
When tragedy struck an ass’t coaches wife last year the team pulled together and won the next game, dedicating the game ball to him. Let’s all hope in a time of great sorrow that they can muster the energy to play this week.
That was actually earlier this year
It was the defensive coordinator’s wife. The Bengals have endured more their fair share this year.
It's "just" football
Ochocinco's rection said it best....
To see him breakdown like that was really sad. Thought and prayers with Henry’s family…
RIP- Chris Henry #15
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This is a good reminder. I’m sure Henry had no idea he was about to die, but apparently he did something foolish and had a bad fall. Any of us could do something foolish and suffer the same result – you have to understand that we walk around in a world of hard objects moving very fast. If you assume you’re OK, you’re mistaken. As the saying goes, if you want to make the Gods laugh, tell them what you’re going to do tomorrow.
We will now discuss in a little more detail the Struggle for Existence.
Charles Darwin. (The Origin Of Species)
As I was listening to ESPN Radio's coverage of this tragedy today
it struck me how fortuitous it was that Brandon Marshall managed to turn his fortunes around this season. Like CH, B Marsh had a troubled history and arrest record and, like CH, he kept finding himself in situations that were holding him back as a man in this world. It was both gratifying and heartbreaking to hear TJ Houshmanzada talking about how hard CH was trying to turn things around, how focused he was on being a good father to his kids and preparing to become a good husband. What exactly happened to cause this tragedy to unfold is beyond our understanding and I don’t want to dishonor his memory by inferring anything about what was going on in his personal life. But with what little I have heard about the way it happened, I have to wonder if today a little part of Brandon isn’t thinking, there but for the grace of God go I.
Lord bless and save your son Chris Henry, and please protect and love his children throughout their lives, and help them remember him at his best, as the man he was working so hard to be for them.
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+ many
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Evtre,y sad and humbling, and mu heart goes out to his kids, family and team mates....tragic!
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All I want is 53 Rod Smiths. Is that asking too much????
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