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Man Killed In Crash Featured On Sox Billboard
Son Pictured Celebrating Home Run
POSTED: 11:49 am EST February 7, 2006
UPDATED: 2:03 pm EST February 7, 2006
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QUINCY, Mass. -- After Dennis Thomson lost his 20-year-old son in a car crash, he prayed for a sign or message that his son was all right.
Perhaps that prayer has been answered.
The son, also named Dennis Thomson, is one of three men whose picture appears in a promotional billboard for the Red Sox that recently went up near Fenway Park.
The three are seen celebrating a home run by outfielder Trot Nixon that won a 2003 playoff game against the New York Yankees.
Thomson, of Quincy, was killed a year later by an alleged drunken driver in Mississippi. He was serving in the Air Force at the time.
The family has made several trips to see the billboard since a friend alerted them to it.
"We just stood there and looked and looked," Dennis' mother, Maureen Thomson, told The Patriot Ledger of Quincy. "One moment we were very emotional, crying, and the next, we were smiling and laughing because it was like he was back."
Added the elder Dennis Thomson in comments to The Boston Herald: "I feel like that's my kid up there saying, 'It's all right, Dad. Don't worry about me, Dad."'
The Red Sox had no idea who the fans were when they put up the billboard, but the team now says it is proud to have Dennis Thomson appear as a symbol for Red Sox Nation.
Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Son Pictured Celebrating Home Run
POSTED: 11:49 am EST February 7, 2006
UPDATED: 2:03 pm EST February 7, 2006
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QUINCY, Mass. -- After Dennis Thomson lost his 20-year-old son in a car crash, he prayed for a sign or message that his son was all right.
Perhaps that prayer has been answered.
The son, also named Dennis Thomson, is one of three men whose picture appears in a promotional billboard for the Red Sox that recently went up near Fenway Park.
The three are seen celebrating a home run by outfielder Trot Nixon that won a 2003 playoff game against the New York Yankees.
Thomson, of Quincy, was killed a year later by an alleged drunken driver in Mississippi. He was serving in the Air Force at the time.
The family has made several trips to see the billboard since a friend alerted them to it.
"We just stood there and looked and looked," Dennis' mother, Maureen Thomson, told The Patriot Ledger of Quincy. "One moment we were very emotional, crying, and the next, we were smiling and laughing because it was like he was back."
Added the elder Dennis Thomson in comments to The Boston Herald: "I feel like that's my kid up there saying, 'It's all right, Dad. Don't worry about me, Dad."'
The Red Sox had no idea who the fans were when they put up the billboard, but the team now says it is proud to have Dennis Thomson appear as a symbol for Red Sox Nation.
Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
posted by Coolhand at 4:56 PM
1 Comments:
I think it's a great coincidence. I can't wait for the Red Sox to either hold a press conference or release a 12-page press release on the matter.
Don't know if anyone saw Fox 25 news on Monday night when this story broke, but Charles Steinberg was in classic form. According to him, the Red Sox are messengers of God.
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