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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

Posted by: WDSU-TV on March 23, 2007 at 1:33PM EST

I experienced a modern-day, true version of the old Clint Eastwood western at the VooDoo game in the Arena on March 9th.

The VooDoo homecoming game was pretty special for my son, my husband and me. We're big VooDoo fans! Before Katrina, we bought our young son an AFL football so he could get autographs from players after the games. He brought his football to the home-opener to get players to sign it.

After holding the football for a while, I took the suggestion of the nice lady sitting two seats down and set my son's football in the spare seat between us.

There was a group of well-mannered teenagers sitting in the row behind me, and there were two young men, sitting on that same row, a few seats to my left.

I recognized these same two men who stopped me near the food concession earlier in the evening.

My husband left his seat for a moment to answer a phone call.

I noticed out of the corner of my eye, those two guys had moved closer, now positioning themselves directly behind the spare seat. A few minutes later, I noticed the football was gone.

So, here's the "Good": One of the young ladies behind me alerted me she witnessed those same two guys "steal the ball and hide it under their seat".

Without hesitating, I jumped over my own seat like it wasn't there, determined to get back my son's football from the thief who stole it from him. And, I'm grateful the Good Samaritan who saw it happen had the courage to stand right there with me.

Here's the "Bad": What kind of punk would steal from a child? The same punks who didn't have the guts to admit they just robbed a little boy, and the same punks who made no apology when caught red-handed.

The "ugly" surfaced when the thieves refused to give back my son's football. I must apologize to those who witnessed the use of some ugly, unlady-like language in my anger and disgust.

The football was right there where the Good Samaritan said it would be. Make no mistake, I got the football back. How do I know it was my son's football? It had his name on it written in permanent ink.

Thank you, to the young lady sitting behind me for doing the right thing. For being a Crimestopper!

I hope her actions will be a lesson for all of us. We have to look out for each other and have the courage to do the right thing.

Next time, the football stays home.

- Kriss Fairbairn / WDSU NewsChannel 6 Anchor

(3) Comments

Posted by: Darlene Cusanza on March 23, 2007 9:32PM EST

It is nice to hear that this young lady stepped up and did the right thing. It is a shame that such bullies are everywhere. What a lesson for a young boy to learn, that there are thieves even at a football game.

There are many Crimestoppers like this young lady in our community and they are our heros. Courage and integrity are words that describe this young lady and I hope she knows that We ALL APPRECIATE having someone like her on our side.

It makes you wonder if these same young men were the boys in school that took other children's lunch money. Little bullies sometimes grow up to become adult bullies - unless they learn a lesson early on. Let's hope they learned a lesson from this experience.

Posted by: Sylvester on March 31, 2007 12:31AM EST

How sad is it that kids need a crimestoppers phone number? At what point are we as a community going to stop giving excuses for a lack of parenting? The fact that it is even necessary for there to be a number for kids to call says volumes. Volumes about the upbring that kids are getting. Volumes about the acceptance of bad behavior and lack of responsibility accorded an acceptable way of behaving and bringing up one's children.

Being poor does not excuse a lack of morals. Lack of education does not explain it. There's right and there's wrong. I was not raised wealthy, but I was totally raised to understand right from wrong.

Too much wrong is justified with every excuse known to man except putting the blame where it belongs: Parents that do not parent. Parents who raise children in households where the goal is getting over on the man and taking everything you can from anyone that doesn't fight you.

This attitude will be the death of this city as a place for the middle-class just as it as been for the upper-class in the past.

There is nothing acceptable about considering it normal for children in school to need a hotline. Unless, of course, it's in New Orleans where take no captives, exploit the system, take no responsibility is the norm.

It's sad. But sadder is going to be ten years down the road when there's no tax base left because those that care about their children, those that want a decent quality of life, they're gone.

Disneyland's version of the City will take over in tourist spots with strong recommendations you not stray off the chosen path.

As if those that live here now don't know to not take any chance whatever.

Posted by: bederest on October 6, 2007 6:29PM EST

What kind of person would steal a football from a child ?
A New Orleans "Buckwheat" -- that's who!