Tragic Story

 

News4jax reported on October 22 that the Monday before (10/15/12) this mother f 3 was walking her dog in the Jacksonville Beach area and was caught in the middle of gun fire and is now paralyzed. Her mother spoke to channel 4 news and was pleading for two suspects that are at large to turn themselves in.

Iesha Mann was shot in the back when she was caught in the crossfire of a gang-related shooting in Jacksonville Beach. She was walking her dog near the intersection Third Avenue South and Seventh Street South the night of Oct. 15 when she was struck by the gunfire.
 

One suspect was also shot and later arrested on attempted murder charges. This story is so sad to me because this beautiful young life has changed tremendously and these suspects don't have a care in the world. They can't even swallow their pride and turn themselves in and admit that they were wrong. This young lady have two handsome boys that as of now she can't be apart their lives the way she or them would want her to.To me it's even sadder when one of her boys go to her and tell her that he's glad the bullet didn't kill her cause it would've killed him too. You would think that if these men have kids they could relate because they wouldn't want it to happen to them or their kids mother but they are still out like they did nothing. Iesha is appearing to be a very strong woman. Most people after this type of incident would probably think their life is over but she has hope. her mother stated that she told her that she's just glad to be alive and also told her mother don't cry for her pray for. Now that's a strong woman,the fact that she's still pushing on and being strong shows that she wouldn't let things get her down. Reading the comments on News4jax , there was one that stated that this young lady was on section 8 and should be careful and mindful of where she decided to move at. In my opinion I don't think Section 8 have anything to do with this situation so what if Iesha is on Section 8 that doesn't give these gang bangers the right to paralyze someone and still be on the streets. People need to be mindful of what they say because this mother is hurting, no mother ever want to have to go through this and for people to say things like this and they haven't been through it just shows their lack of concern and sympathy. May God be with this young lady every step of the way on her road to recovery.

 

Playground Safety

News4jax reported on October 25 that last year in December that a 3 year old was at daycare and picked something off the ground and put it in her mouth.The little girl's mother was on the playground at the time of the incident and was the one who saw it and told her child to take it out of her mouth. Once the child removed the item from her mouth the mother noticed that it was a used condom. This specific daycare is part of the Head Start program run by the Jacksonville Urban League on Ionia Street and is alsothe site of the city’s Robert F. Kennedy Community Center and Park.  This incident has resulted in an entire year’s worth of fear and worry for her mother that the child has a sexually transmitted disease or possibly HIV because the condom tested positive for gonorrhea and it can take up to a year for these kinds of diseases to show up.

During a interview the mother broke down because of the last year of fear her and her child have been through. The mother stated that if it happened to her daughter it can happen to someone Else's daughter.

“I lift up my head and I saw her put something in her mouth and I was like, ‘get that out of your mouth!’ And someone said see what she had in her mouth and that's when I found out she had a condom in her mouth," explained Sanders.

 During the interview when Adrienne asked Sanders what was going through her mind when she realized what her daughter had put in her mouth she said,

“Honestly, I was like what the hell is that? I was very upset, I was shaking, I was crying."
 

This is a very sad case. The mother had to experience her child in this situation and now her  and her child's life has taken a tremendous change. This mother doesn't know what to think. I've read this story and also say it on the news the day that it aired. I have now read the comments that's below this story where people saying that a 3 year old wouldn't put things in their mouth that the little girl would be out of that stage at the age of three and other things such as why is the child care facility the one to blame.

Number one I've worked in child care before. At the age of 3 kids actually do still put things in their mouth, they are still kids at the age of 3. The overall age for a child to be out of the stage of putting nasty things in their mouth is normally around the age of 3 or 4 but you also have to realize that a beginning stage of a 3 year old they aren't fully 3 yet they still have I guess you would call it a 2 year old mind. So yes it is possible for a 3 year old to still put things in their mouths.

Secondly I do agree that the daycare should partially be at fault for the simple fact of that after working in child care one of DCF's policy is to check the playground before taking kids out to play. When an employee inspect the playground they are suppose to search for everything from insects to trash. Apparently what ever worker, if any, that inspected the playground that morning either didn't do the proper procedures or really didn't do it at all because if they did they would have saw this condom and would have gotten gloves to remove it from the playground. And this particular daycare should have been very cautious because this facility is also open to the public.

To me there isn't an excuse in the world that this daycare can give to the news or DCF because this little girl's life can change forever. And now when she get older she'll have to live with that because a worker didn't do their job and DCF wasn't even notified of this incident. There has been so many different incidents at day cares lately some parents are going to be very nervous about putting their child into a daycare. I'm not a parent yet and I am nervous for the sake of my future kids,do nervous to the point where I don't want them in a daycare until they are old enough to actually know better and talk because this child care workers aren't paying any attention to the kids that's their responsibility.

 

Homeless Shelter

Every where you go around the city of Jacksonville you will see a homeless person. It's very sad that alot of people are down and out in this way, and to think that these numbers are still rising day by day. On October 17, 2012 News4jax reported that city officials were considering using the old downtown Jacksonville Armory Building at State and Market streets on the edge of Springfield as a possible day shelter for the homeless is ridiculous. Alot of people may be upset by this and the building that the city may potentially use for the homeless shelter but we all have to think about the way these people feel about being homeless period. I think this is something the city needs compared to the amount of homeless people are downtown and around the city period.

The armory is one possible site, and so is the old Lee and Cates Glass building downtown on Forsyth Street. The city was also considering using a building next to a community corrections center downtown on East Church Street, but it was recently torn down.
 

This would be good for the city to get some of these people off the street. Considering the fact that winter is right around the corner these people are going to be under a bridge cold and not able to get the warmth we have because they don't have anywhere to go. Homeless people come from all aspects of life, some are people who lost their job and then resulted in losing their home, and some are Vets,people who fought for our country and to protect us. I don't think any Vet should have to sleep under a bridge and not have a home cooked meal or a hot meal at all, these are people who fought wars, and for the country so that we can be free. I think using this building or any other building Downtown would also be a good idea because it would be convenient for the homeless who want to get off the streets, the bus station is there, a few convenient jobs that may or may not hire these folks. At the end of the day we can't just think about ourselves and the fact that we have a warming, cozy home to go to every night we also have to think about these people also so I'm in favor of using the building for a homeless shelter.

Welcome Home Troops

Around 100 troops returned home early Sunday morning to their loving families ready to greet them from their Afghanistan deployment. These soldiers were greeted by their families and other Americans. The unit spent over 6 months on deployment due to a Operation Enduring Freedom.The 202nd Red Horse deployment is an engineering unit stationed at Camp Blanding. Most of the troops live in Northeast and Central Florida.

Jasmine Harris' father were one of these troops that were welcomed home.

He missed my college graduation, but he bought me a new car as a graduation present, somehow he made that happen from Afghanistan," Jasmine Harris said.
 

These troops are dedicated to their job and are always willing to sacrifice their families and their lives to serve our country.We often sit back and don't think about what these families go through while their loved ones are gone away  for months at a time. These troops get alot of respect from me as a person because they don't have to do what they are doing they made the decision to swear in the military and serve our country.

They missed so many events when they are gone away,and their families always feel some type of emptiness when their loved ones isn't at the table for Thanksgiving, or isn't there to watch them open up their gifts on Christmas. So if we were to somehow take a walk in these families shoes we would have some sense of what the feel and should appreciate them 100%.

 

Insane People In The World

It's a very hurtful thing when any parent trust someone with their kid(s) and later finds out that the person is nothing but a monster. These people are getting as bold as a lion doing anything to kid(s) and assuming the police are so silly that they'll get away with it. News4Jax stated that the police released a statement saying that the child was in life threatening conditions after the babysitter called 911 and reported the child as unresponsive,the police stated that the child was taken to the hospital with life threatening conditions due to swelling of the brain ,which indicates foul play.

Jacksonville police said the man was watching four children younger than 5 years old, including the 11-month-old baby boy, Wednesday morning at Ribault Bay Village Navy Family Housing in the 1000 block of Bunker Hill Court in Mayport.
 

Not only is the babysitter being questioned but this was also a Navy family,so these are people who are serving our country. It's no telling how many times they have left their kids with this babysitter and if he indeed do something to the child this now rise questions on what else could he have done to the child at some point in time.

I think that if the job was too hard for the man or he felt as though he could no longer handle it he should have been an adult about the situation and let the parents know that he could no longer handle the job. But instead if he did, he  chose to harm an innocent child and now that child is fighting for his life while there's nothing wrong with him.

These babysitters and daycare centers are rising more and more questions for parents on what they are doing to their kids while they arent around. These parents are going to begin not trusting no one with their child or are going to start requiring certain things for someone to babysit their kid. People can't be trusted just because ypou know them. Kids are blessings and no child deserve to be harmed in any way.