Thoughts and prayers to the family, to teammates and classmates of Bishop Lynch Baseball and Football player Colin Bodensteiner who was killed in a car accident Friday night.......
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A parent's worst nightmare....my deepest sympathy and prayers go out to the Bodensteiner family and the Bishop Lynch and Allen communities.
quote:Bishop Lynch student, 16, killed in car crash
10:45 PM CDT on Saturday, October 7, 2006
By SCOTT FARWELL and JAY PARSONS / The Dallas Morning News
ALLEN- A Bishop Lynch High School athlete died Friday night when his pickup drifted onto the shoulder of Central Expressway and struck a guardrail less than two miles from his home.
Colin Bodensteiner, 16, was found dead by paramedics at 11:40 p.m., minutes before his father came across the wreckage of the red 2001 Toyota Tundra at the northbound exit for Bethany Road.
The high school junior was returning home from a football game.
Saturday night, sitting on a leather couch next to his wife, Tom Bodensteiner recalled the moment of quickening terror as he parked and sprinted toward the accident scene.
He was stopped by police officers.
“I said, ‘Is he OK?’” Bodensteiner said, tears rolling down his face. “They wouldn’t answer me. And then I yelled again, ‘Is he going to be OK?’ And they wouldn’t answer me. Then I said, ‘Is he deceased?’ and they said, ‘Yes.’ I just screamed and … ran down the road.”
Police said it’s not clear what caused Colin to drive off the road, but there was no evidence that alcohol was involved. Bodensteiner said that he had spoken to his son by cell phone minutes before the accident and that the young athlete said he was hungry.
“He said, ‘Dad, how did I play?’ And I told him, ‘You did great,’” Bodensteiner said. "You played great, and I’ll see you in a few minutes, and drive safe.’ That’s the same thing I told him every time he was on the road.”
But Bodensteiner said he became concerned when his son hadn’t arrived home by midnight, so he went looking for him.
“I knew something wasn’t right,” Bodensteiner said Saturday. “I could just feel it.”
As he turned onto Central Expressway, he saw two fire trucks, a line of police cars and a row of flares. After officers stopped him at the scene, Bodensteiner returned home to break the news to his wife, Megg.
She was asleep with one of their two other sons, 10-year-old Drew.
“I didn’t know how to tell her, so I just told her he passed away,” he said, sobbing.
Their other son, 12-year-old Brady, heard his family grieving and came downstairs.
“They just sat there on the bed and cried,” Bodensteiner said.
The Bodensteiners remembered their son Saturday through tears.
Colin loved mint chocolate chip ice cream and his red pickup. He lived for baseball and dreamed of playing in the big leagues. It seemed like he had memorized the stats of every professional player.
He played video games with his brothers, and he sang country songs to his mother.
Bodensteiner said that last year, he began seeing the first glimpses of his son becoming a man.
They were walking through the parking lot after a Frisco RoughRiders baseball game when Colin unexpectedly turned to help a woman lift a stroller over a curb. Bodensteiner said it seemed natural and totally genuine.
“I just thought to myself: ‘That’s a quality move. This is a young man who’s growing up the right way. I was so proud of him.’”
At Colin’s Catholic high school in Dallas, an overflow crowd of about 500 people packed the auditorium Saturday afternoon for a rosary service in the 11th-grader’s memory. Those who knew him said the turnout was telling of the kind of teenager Colin was.
“Excellent kid, liked and loved by all his teammates,” said Paul Maturi, Bishop Lynch’s football coach. “He exemplified everything you’d want in a young man - strong character and great work ethic, real caring and real friendly toward anybody.
“The image I will always remember is, Colin was always very unselfish,” Maturi said. “He always thought of others before he thought of himself. He was a true team player.”
Seane Parker, the school’s baseball coach, said Colin was expected to compete for the starting catcher job on the baseball team in the spring.
Colin played outside linebacker and tight end for Bishop Lynch’s varsity and junior varsity football teams. Colin and the Friars varsity team beat Graham High School, 34-7, on Friday night.
“I did get to see him Friday night before the football game, and he had that smile on his face,” Parker said Saturday. “He’s always got a smile on his face. He’s a happy kid.”
E-mail sfarwell@dallasnews.com and jparsons@dallasnews.com
What a tragedy.. Prayers for the family and friends from Deep in the Heart.
Father, we ask that you wrap your loving arms around this young man's family and friends as they grieve for their loss. We know there are no words that we can say to take away the pain and sorrow; we only ask that you show them the grace and love that only you, Almighty Father, can reveal. Father, we know that your plan for us remains a mystery but we ask that those plans allow us a time of ever deepening faith in the days to come. Bless those close to you, oh Lord, and ever strengthen their lives, and convict them of both your mercy and that those who have gone before us live in a greater place of peace and everlasting love. Amen.
Father, we ask that you wrap your loving arms around this young man's family and friends as they grieve for their loss. We know there are no words that we can say to take away the pain and sorrow; we only ask that you show them the grace and love that only you, Almighty Father, can reveal. Father, we know that your plan for us remains a mystery but we ask that those plans allow us a time of ever deepening faith in the days to come. Bless those close to you, oh Lord, and ever strengthen their lives, and convict them of both your mercy and that those who have gone before us live in a greater place of peace and everlasting love. Amen.
May God give them the comfort that only He can provide in this incredibly difficult time.
I feel their anguish, having lost a nephew 13 years ago...
The Lord be with them always.
The Lord be with them always.
I think I will be playing against BL this coming weekend. Personally, even though I didn't know the kid, the games will be tough to say the least.
Keep him in your prayers.
Keep him in your prayers.
thoughts and prayers go out to the family. Too young
This is a tragic loss. Colin was a fine young man. As parents this should be notice to pause and tell your children you love them. For coaches do not let the first time you say something positive about a young man be at his memorial. These young men and women are our hopes and dreams for the future.
Colin was a member of the Dallas Pros 16's this summer. He played on the Bishop Lynch junior varisty last year. I knew Colin as he spent many weekends before and after baseball games at our house. Our hearts are broken.... but we pray Tom and Meg Bodensteiner find peace knowing that Colin is in a better place.
Colin was a member of the Dallas Pros 16's this summer. He played on the Bishop Lynch junior varisty last year. I knew Colin as he spent many weekends before and after baseball games at our house. Our hearts are broken.... but we pray Tom and Meg Bodensteiner find peace knowing that Colin is in a better place.
Well said CTFC. This is a tragedy beyond comprehension. Daily prayers to this family and those close to them. I cannot imagine the grief and anguish they are experiencing. I am so sorry they are having to go through this, but as many have said before, God has a plan, even though it's hard to comprehend something like this could be a part of His plan.
My heart goes out to this young mans parents, for I can not imagine the grief they are feeling now.Not to mention all of the rest of his family and friends.As hard as this is to take,there has to be a purpose for this tragedy.I don't post on here very often anymore but having had 3 sons play high school ball I kind of feel connected to this site and check from time to time just to see what is going on out there.But when something like this happens, you "feel it" and it hits a spot inside of you.I just wanted this young mans family to know that I am keeping them in my prayers.And however hard it is now, just know this young man is in a better place...
From a parent who has also lost a child, the grief is unimaginable.
For those of you who know this family personally, there is no loving act that is wrong. Be there for their needs, and with God's loving arms around them, they will heal in His time.
For those of you who know this family personally, there is no loving act that is wrong. Be there for their needs, and with God's loving arms around them, they will heal in His time.