Posted by JOANN (anonymous) on June 19, 2009 at 10:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)

OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH THIS FAMILY AS WELL AS THE TOWN OF THORSBY

Posted by Mof2 (anonymous) on June 19, 2009 at 10:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I don't know this person but my thoughts and prayers go out to his friends and family.

Posted by THORSBYishome (anonymous) on June 19, 2009 at 10:58 p.m. (Suggest removal)

It's a dark day in Thorsby today. My thoughts and prayers go out to Jeremy's family as well as his coworkers and the Town of Thorsby. What an aweful accident, something you never think could happen to one of our own.

Jeremy was a special guy and could strike up a conversation with anyone. He will be deeply missed at Thorsby. God Bless You.

Posted by kwsrgraves (anonymous) on June 19, 2009 at 11:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)

While my thoughts and prayers go to Mr. McDonald's family, the question arises, if OSHA was notified and investigating to prevent this from happening again next week.

Posted by travlr423 (anonymous) on June 20, 2009 at 1:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)

KW, according to the city of clanton city goverments are not regulated nor do they operate according to osha guidelines. remember the young black man that was buried in a ditch a few years ago. that was that public statement concerning osha guidelines.

Posted by jsfpilot2b (anonymous) on June 20, 2009 at 5:01 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Maybe the localities should have some weekly safety training to address the different safety hazards invovled in the job. We have safety training first every morning on my job.
This is very sad.

Posted by dixierider42 (anonymous) on June 20, 2009 at 8:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Why do you people have to start with all your garbage talk. Everything is not about what if this or what if that was involved. Life ends when God makes his call. This family and town just needs support not osha.

Posted by shorty (anonymous) on June 20, 2009 at 9:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Dixierider I agree with you right now all this family needs is our prayers. They have a rough road ahead of them. My prayers our with all involved with this. May God keep you in his arms.

Posted by gardenkeeper7 (anonymous) on June 20, 2009 at 9:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)

My prayers go out to Mr. McDonald's family as well as to his coworkers in Thorsby. I was in the area after the accident took place and the city employees were extremely distraught. To lose a person whom you work very closely with indeed must be very traumatic. It forces us to realize that death can sometimes come very unexpectedly, making us aware of our own mortality. Hopefully, Mr. McDonald's death will help us to live our lives more fully knowing that God can call us home when we least expect it.
Mayor Hilyer has experienced suffering from the loss of his own teenage son, so he has walked the path that the parents of Mr. McDonald are walking. I am sure that he can empathize and encourage their healing.

Posted by thsgrad08 (anonymous) on June 20, 2009 at 2:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I agree with Dixierider. It was an accident. And right now Mr. McDonalds family and loved ones should be in our prayers. So lets not start saying "this and that should have been done" or "This needs to happen now." Why don't we take time and remember the young man who lost his life in a terrible accident instead.

Posted by kwsrgraves (anonymous) on June 20, 2009 at 4:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I agree ths and dixierider, go to his obituary site and place all the somber comments. I did that in my first sentence. This article is about an incident resulting in a young man's death. The story is about TWO law enforcement agencies INVESTIGATING a DEATH. Now is the RIGHT time to question the incident and how to prevent it from happening again Monday morning when, as you obviously prefer, it will be business as usual. And if the next person dies Tuesday doing the same thing, you can scold me and God's will be done.

My sympathies to Mr McDonald's family. Seems God as a bigger plan for you. It may not be revealed for years. But, HE knows what HE is doing. God bless

Posted by carol (anonymous) on June 20, 2009 at 4:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Dixierider42, you said exactly what I was thinking. May God give peace and comfort to the family, friends and Town of Thorsby.

Posted by dixierider42 (anonymous) on June 21, 2009 at 12:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Come on Steve work your miracles not your mouth. How many has been killed in the city of Thorsby or any part of chilton county like this? Funny I haven't read about it every week.Tragic accidents happen and I know how hard it is to loose a part of your life. I had rather just say I did not know this young man, but he was someone's child and he touched many lives throughout his 29 years. I'm not here to scold you, but compassion instead of what if's are not what's important. Everything ends with an investigation,but that's not what this family wants to here.

Posted by reaowner (anonymous) on June 21, 2009 at 9:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Forgot about the story...common sense should occasionally come into play when dealing with a situation such as this one.

Let's let the family have a little space and time to remember this young man before you begin your unofficial investigation.

My thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of Mr. McDonald.

Posted by luckyme (anonymous) on June 21, 2009 at 4:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)

For the "what if/happened" crowd. The town doesn't have to follow OSHA. They follow safety recommendations from the League of Municipalities. They send out videos every now and then for review. I don't know if there are penalties for not following them however.

Posted by luckyme (anonymous) on June 21, 2009 at 4:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)

And while I don't know this family, if it happened to mine I would want to find out what happened, why, and what had been done by the town to prevent it as soon as possible. Both for my own understanding, and to prevent it from happening again.

Posted by LittleLady (anonymous) on June 23, 2009 at 12:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I'm sure they know by now what happened...but you don't. I wonder why??? B/c it's none of your business!! Stay out of it and just offer support for this family. I would hate to live my life so negatively like you do. Sorry. May God Bless you....and this family.

Posted by kwsrgraves (anonymous) on June 23, 2009 at 12:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Wow! What a grouch. Sounds like luckyme really ticked littlebittie off. Bittie is now telling you you can't make a comment about a NEWSPAPER ARTICLE. Next, she'll be telling you, you can't read your own bible or drink a cold beer. Lighten up there little lady. No one commented anything in a negative manner, BUT YOU!

Posted by LittleLady (anonymous) on June 23, 2009 at 1:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Oh really....no one commented anything in a negative manner??? Wow, let me read these comments again b/c the first time I read them, they sure seemed negative to me.

I just said what I said b/c this was a freak accident, something that doesn't happen very much but freak accidents DO HAPPEN and yeah they need to be learned from, but quit over analyzing and just pray for the family and move on. Enough is enough sometimes in my opinion, don't you think so too?

Posted by AELLISON (anonymous) on June 23, 2009 at 1:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)

HERE YOU ALL GO AGAIN!!! ACCIDENTS HAPPEN.

Posted by kwsrgraves (anonymous) on June 23, 2009 at 2:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Lady, respectfully disagreeing with you, no one offered an analysis or negative comment. Just questions as how to prevent this tragedy from recurring. And everyone offered their respect and sympathies. No one was disrespectful. And I am sure the family is asking why. That's natural. Being angry is another natural emotion during the grieving process. If you want to be angry and negative, maybe you should turn it into something positive. When the Advertiser released the article, that made it everyone's business, who read the article. When posted on the web with a comment section, that opened the issue to the speculation of 60 million internet users. And so far everyone has been cordial, respectful, and agreeable. It's like TV, if you don't like it, don't look at it.

Posted by AELLISON (anonymous) on June 23, 2009 at 2:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)

WHO'S ANGRY?

Posted by mapmom (anonymous) on June 23, 2009 at 3:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Accident....sometimes things happen at no fault from others. Not that we understand them but we should learn from them...yes investigate but don't dwell on the "What if's" or point fingers. The family of this young man is in my prayers.

Posted by thirdforce (anonymous) on June 23, 2009 at 4:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)

It was rather coincidental that when I was traveling on a side road in Clanton yesterday, I saw that one of the city or county workers had actually turned the mower he was riding almost completely over and another worker had stopped and was trying to help him upright it. He had been on the side of the bank and obviously it was too much of a slope for the mower. Although it appeared that the worker was not injured, I am sure he must have been shaken.

Posted by LittleLady (anonymous) on June 23, 2009 at 4:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Thank you mapmom...I agree and that's what I've been saying, although I'll go ahead a warn you that it isn't gonna do much good to say it. They aren't gonna do anything but DWELL on it, over and over again until another good story comes out tomorrow. ;)

Posted by THORSBYishome (anonymous) on June 23, 2009 at 8:43 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Our city workers have a dangerous job, much more dangerous that I realized before Jeremy's death. I'm sure each city in Chilton County will look at the dangers of these jobs and see if there is anything that can be done to make their jobs safer.

At the funeral today I saw one of the strongest families I've ever seen in my LIFE. You could feel the love among them and even though they are suffering they talked so much today about their memories. Jeremy touched so many lives and his memory will live on.