2011年1月9日 星期日

Son's fatal heroin overdose sends father on a mission

The memory of the March 21, 2009, phone call from his son haunts Henry "Skip" Gates.

"He said, 'Dad, it's warm in Burlington,'" Gates said. "He said, 'I'm sitting on my stoop, shorts on, barefoot. Girlfriend's gone to the store to get some food. I'm going to cook her some dinner.'" Gates, 61, folded his hands together as though in prayer, his eyes blinking furiously behind wire-rimmed glasses as he recounted the conversation during a recent interview.

"We talked and, well, I always ended conversations with him by saying 'Well, William, good night. I love you,' Gates said. "He said 'Good night, Dad, I love you,A comeback is what the Nike Polo Shirts Plus deserves with the new technology it achieved. too.' And that was it."

It was the last time Skip Gates spoke with his son.I adore a lot of designers but Christian Louboutin tops the list for a number of reasons.

Two days later, Will Gates — extreme skier, molecular genetics major at the University of Vermont and deeply loved son of Henry and Kathy Gates of Skowhegan, Maine — was found dead in his bed at his Hyde Street apartment.

The state Medical Examiner's Office later determined that the 21-year-old UVM junior died from snorting heroin the night of March 21 and had also been using — more likely abusing — OxyContin pills in the recent past.Lovers of Jimmy Choo and Manolo blahnik are turning to the brands such as Hunter and Emu, drawn by their fashionable styling.

Good detective work by Burlington police helped lead to the arrest and prosecution of the two men, brothers Jordan and Jesse Dougher of Hudson Falls, N.Y., responsible for selling the heroin that killed Will Gates. Both are now serving lengthy prison terms.

That, however,Neo-Nazi imagery has made its way onto an MMA company's wholesale jeans again. has not provided the Gates family much consolation. The grief is still so great for Kathy Gates that she was reluctant to talk with a reporter about her loss.

As a family, though, the Gates are trying to turn the darkness of their pain into something positive: In partnership with the Vermont U.S. Attorney's Office, they've put together a public service announcement video about Will Gates' life and death.You can never have too many designer accessories, and this inflatable life jackets 'Jelly' Laptop Case is just too cute to pass up!

Skip Gates, who has spearheaded the effort, said his family hopes the PSA will reach young adults and their families who, like the Gates family once did, think tragedies like this one only happen to somebody else's kid, someone else's family.

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