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Saturday, July 19th, 2008
Local Triumph...and Tragedy.
This was a big news week for Cary. First, the town was ranked #16 on CNN's annual "100 Best Places to Live" list. The town takes pride in that, but seemed a little peeved that it went down three places from last year. My thought was, "well, a lot of towns didn't make the list at all - imagine how peeved they must feel." Still, it's a pretty cool honor.
This story was overshadowed by the disappearance of Nancy Cooper, a young mother of two who went out for a run on a Saturday morning and never came home. The story caught my attention for obvious reasons, but my interest peaked when I learned that her home was less than 1/2 a mile from my apartment, and that her running trail is adjacent to my apartment. On Tuesday, a body was found in an empty lot a mile from my apartment, and the next day the body was identified as the body of Nancy Cooper. I know I keep saying how close these occurances were to my apartment, and that's becuase - being very new here - I tend to orient myself around my apartment; my home base. This hit, literally, very close to home. The story is all over the place - I heard it was even on Nancy Grace (ugh) - and her husband seems to be the center of the investigation. This is such a tragic story, and you can feel the town holding its breath, waiting for answers.
It was truly amazing to watch this town rally to find her. Hundreds of volunteers - most of whom had never met her - showed up. The gathering spot for volunteers was next to my office (her house was right in the middle between my apartment and my office building), and Monday and Tuesday I had trouble getting into work because of the number of volunteers. My thoughts are with her daughters - ages 4 and 2- who will never know their mother in they way they deserve. I hope they find the killer soon.
Local Triumph...and Tragedy.
This was a big news week for Cary. First, the town was ranked #16 on CNN's annual "100 Best Places to Live" list. The town takes pride in that, but seemed a little peeved that it went down three places from last year. My thought was, "well, a lot of towns didn't make the list at all - imagine how peeved they must feel." Still, it's a pretty cool honor.
This story was overshadowed by the disappearance of Nancy Cooper, a young mother of two who went out for a run on a Saturday morning and never came home. The story caught my attention for obvious reasons, but my interest peaked when I learned that her home was less than 1/2 a mile from my apartment, and that her running trail is adjacent to my apartment. On Tuesday, a body was found in an empty lot a mile from my apartment, and the next day the body was identified as the body of Nancy Cooper. I know I keep saying how close these occurances were to my apartment, and that's becuase - being very new here - I tend to orient myself around my apartment; my home base. This hit, literally, very close to home. The story is all over the place - I heard it was even on Nancy Grace (ugh) - and her husband seems to be the center of the investigation. This is such a tragic story, and you can feel the town holding its breath, waiting for answers.
It was truly amazing to watch this town rally to find her. Hundreds of volunteers - most of whom had never met her - showed up. The gathering spot for volunteers was next to my office (her house was right in the middle between my apartment and my office building), and Monday and Tuesday I had trouble getting into work because of the number of volunteers. My thoughts are with her daughters - ages 4 and 2- who will never know their mother in they way they deserve. I hope they find the killer soon.
Casey, I've lived in and around Springfield all my life, and I still relate everything to my home. It's especially frightening when something like this occurs so close to home. Recently a woman was attacked on a bike trail that I frequent and is only a mile or so from my home. Also, I'm originally from a very small town, and I love that small town idea of helping one another out. It's so good to see people come together when tragedy hits.