I am sure I speak for all Bengal fans when I say thank you for your condolences. Chris was kind of like our prodigal son. He really pissed us off at times but that made his efforts to right his ship all the more heart warming for us. He really was a good person trying to escape the effects of a culture of crime and violence in which he was steeped for so much of his life.

 Mike Brown saw the goodness in him and took a lot of criticism for giving him another chance. I say to Mike Brown – thank you for not giving up on him. Our society and more specifically people on a position to help needs to give that kind of understanding more often. If it only succeeds once in a hundred times the effort is worth it. Chris is gone now but Mike Brown gave him the opportunity to live out the last portion of his life at least going in the right direction.