Prayers for the Bluffton University Team

Bee>1,000+ posts

just saw the breaking news that the Buffton U team bus on it's way to Fort Myers suffered a horrific accident very early AM in Atlanta, driving thru a guardrail/fence & off the Northside Dr. overpass, then dropping onto I-75. there were casualties & I-75 is closed while they attend to the accident.

Bluffton University is a small Mennonite school near Toledo playing in the Heartland Athletic Conference

3/2/076:48 AM

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FloridaHokie100+ posts

My word... My prayers go out to the team, their families, their friends, and the entire university. Shades of Marshall...

In fact, my prayers go up for all of our sons and daughters who are traveling today with big dreams and life spread out before them.

3/2/076:55 AM

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StyleMismatch100+ posts

I'd heard about that on the traffic report driving to work. They initially said it was a youth team, which didn't make sense.

3/2/076:58 AM

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catcher091,000+ posts

I dont mean to be an alarmist, but they just reported 6 dead from the accident with multiple people taken to the hospital. The picture on TV showed the bus fell off an overpass. 35 onboard. The news said 75 south will be shutdown well into the PM commute.

3/2/077:04 AM

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Coach Merc1,000+ posts

Thoughts and prayers are with these families as many of the children of HSBBW parents are traveling through tough weather this weekend.

3/2/077:09 AM

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ClevelandDadHSBBWeb Administrator

An unbelievable tragedy...

Here is a current story on this:

http://www.cleveland.com/newsflash/cleveland/index.ssf?...&storylist=cleveland

My thoughts and prayers to these families...

It seems there has been a lot of bad news lately with the loss of the boy from Texas and now this...

3/2/077:13 AM

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Bee>1,000+ posts

the location is curious, would not typicaly be an exit for fuel, food, or lodging for a thru bus

3/2/077:23 AM

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shortstopmom1,000+ posts

I am seriously afraid to read the article ClevelandDad.

Not sure my heart can take it.
From the few details I have heard,...they are enough to send horrifying chills through me.

I cant get the words together,.......

I will start sending prayers now.

( I wish I knew how to change my avatar to ClevelandDad's )

3/2/077:26 AM

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rz15,000+ posts

My god, how tragic. My thought and prayers go out to their families

3/2/077:27 AM

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jstrawn110+ posts

Wow, what a tragedy!! Our prayers go out to the families, community, and the university. Hope the rest of the injured can pull through soon!!

3/2/077:34 AM

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FungoHighly Regarded and Beloved Old Timer

I just received a telephone call from a Webster in Atlanta and she has volunteered to open her house to anyone needing a place to stay in Atlanta that has been affected by this tragedy. Anyone needing assistance can email me at RU4Fungo@aol.com and I will give more details about how to get in touch with her. As she said ---"this is family".
Fungo

3/2/077:35 AM

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play baseball1,000+ posts

I don't understand how all of this can happen.
Or why it happens.

They will all be in my prayers--including family, friends and the campus community, with special prayers for the first respondents and caregivers.

The Lord be with them.

3/2/077:39 AM

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skysthelimit100+ posts

This is horrible, prays are on their way

3/2/077:50 AM

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pfbear13100+ posts

Just awful. My prayers go out to all their families.

3/2/078:12 AM

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mymommasmean100+ posts

I am so sad I am sick.

The location does have gas and a motel right there and fast food about a mile down, but that doesn't look like that is what happened...

It is an odd exit. It is HOV only and comes off the HOV lane. I wonder if the driver even realized he had gotten off until it was too late.

Prayers and tears for these families.

3/2/078:12 AM

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quillgirl100+ posts

This is tragic and horrible, and I can't imagine the sorrow engulfing these parents, this school, and this team.

My thoughts are with them.

3/2/078:22 AM

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hokieone5,000+ posts

Wow, prayers going up from Virginia. The school they were going to play is from Harrisonburg, Virginia, Eastern Mennonite University.

Another one of those horrible things that happen in life that we cannot understand. I pray the faith of the friends and family of those guys will carry them.

3/2/078:22 AM

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JT1,000+ posts

More prayers from Virginia...for the players, families, and all affected.

3/2/078:25 AM

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cvsting1,000+ posts

How horrible, My heart and prayers go out to the players, coaches, and families.

CV

3/2/078:42 AM

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louisiana09100+ posts

Prayers sent from Louisiana for all involved in the bus accident and also the tornado victims in Georgia and Alabama where 8 high school students were killed. Lord, please help the parents of all these young people find strength through you.

3/2/078:44 AM

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