The Down Range Forum
Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: Mericet on August 24, 2012, 10:16:11 PM
-
This afternoon I found out that one of my best friends, mentor and one of the best persons I have ever had the privilege to meet and have in my life was brutally murdered during a robbery at his house near Johannesburg, South Africa. It is one of the saddest days in my life to know that I will never get to see him again in this life. My heart also goes out to his wife for her loss and the agony she had to go through witnessing this senseless act.
RIP my friend you will be missed: Iain Nicol, July 9 1959 to August 24, 2013
-
Sorry to hear this!
Prayers for his family and you.
-
You have my sincerest sympathy Mericet.
-
Sympathies to you and to his family.
-
My condolences!
-
It is truly a tragedy when a good person is victimized by an evil person committing a crime.
It is well beyond tragic when that good person loses his life to that evil-doer.
But even in our sadness at this loss of a good man, it reminds each of us that we must be vigilant at all times. Evil walks among us and would harm us and those we hold dear.
My condolences to his friends and family as they suffer through this terrible loss. May your friend R.I.P.
Crusader
-
Sad.
-
Saddened to hear this, Mericet.
My prayers and condolences for this loss.
Let it be a lesson to all, keep your guns up and your powder dry.
-
My Prayers and Sympathy Mericet.
-
Thank you everyone. I am visiting South Africa in December and seeing him again would have been one of the highlights of the trip.
-
Most of the recent events in S. Africa go ignored in the media. I deal with many yacht crews in the marine industry including S. African. The white settlers/farmers/merchants/entrepreneurs, that have been there for generations, have had a rough stretch. The news you may read about Nelson Mandela is not the reality S. Africa is dealing with...
There is a systematic process to "rid" the country of those that have been born and raised there for generations. Once fruitful farms, business's, and wineries are looted, pillaged, and merciless gangs roam and target them.
This has been going on for some time. With a wink and nod from an enabling S. African Gov't, and yes, it's racially motivated.
Those farms and business's are rendered wastelands and not even being maintained to the detriment of the country, which makes no difference to the thugs and gangs that steal the goods and equipment, burn the houses and estates down, and do nothing to rebuild.
I'm truly sorry Mericet for the loss of your friend and mentor. I wish and pray you find peace, and also wish you safe travels in December when you go there.
Many have fled North, and I urge any and all with interest to research the current events occurring in S. Africa. It's not a pretty picture.
But we are blinded by a media that touts Nelson Mandela pics with Sec. State Clinton as a "notable" moment....Dig into the reality.
It's not what it is portrayed to be.
Just my .02 cents. I talk to these crews. They paint a different perspective, ignored by the worlds media.
-
Losing a dear friend is an incredible loss as they are family that you choose. To lose one in such a manner is hard to comprehend. My most sincere condolence to you and his family.
-
So sorry to hear this... my prayers are for you and the other members of the family.
-
Lossing a close friend is never easy, my sympathies and prayers go out to you and those that knew him.
-
Hate to hear it. Prayers for you and his family.