News Vale John McCarthy

[Eddie Dingle]

Too sad

Great work by Dom, that would have been tough as hell to do.

 

[stanmack]

Well done Dom.

 

[El_Scorcho]

Good effort by Dom, you could see how shattered he is.

This is really really sad

Just a tragic misjudgement. It could have happened to any bloke in his 20s who'd had a few drinks.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

This story came out earlier today

http://www.news.com.au/top-stories/exclusive-we-saw-john-mccarthy-fall/story-e6frfkp9-1226473196610

......

Matt Walker and Cathi Miller are two American opticians from Iowa who were in Las Vegas for a convention and were staying in the Flamingo Hotel.

They were waiting for an airport shuttle outside the casino when they heard a rustling in a palm tree and turned around in time to see McCarthy plummet to the ground.

"I kinda heard some rustling in a tree up above, and at that point I caught a glimpse of something flying," Mr Walker told news.com.au.

"It was horrible, absolutely horrible. I can’t get over the sound. It sounded like wet sandbags hitting really hard, a really crisp thud.

"You expect someone to be screaming on the way down, but there was not a noise at all, nothing in the way of any human vocalisation."

Mr Walker's account is consistent with the initial findings of the Clark County coroner's office which said it appeared a disoriented McCarthy had tried to jump to the palm tree and misjudged the distance to the ground.

.........
http://www.news.com.au/top-stories/exclusive-we-saw-john-mccarthy-fall/story-e6frfkp9-1226473196610

 

[Burningleviathan]

oh god

Too much info

 

[elpirate]

The timeframe today has John captured on CCTV entering the Flamingo at 5.30am and going straight to the roof (where he was captured on CCTV again contradicting early reports) and trying to jump to the palm tree.

Maybe he went to the roof to get his bearings, the door shut and locked behind him so he thought he could get down via the tree. Just a horrible tragic miscalculation.

The phone calls with Dani and the Port player are believed to be before he entered the Flamingo.

My Theory is he was lost and went to the roof to see if he could find the big guitar that is on the roof of the Hard Rock Hotel, then head in that direction.

Is the only thing I can think of.

 

[Stromageddon]

That really isn't a nice simile.

 

[SYDpower]

The video of Dom has started a new course of tears from me. Just too tragic for words.
What I will say and to reiterate my late post on this matter, the Port family will rally round the players and they have done that. My understanding is that the club has organised something every day for the players for the next two weeks and alternating at people's houses. I think Jay's one day, Dom's etc etc, to ensure there are people & counsellors with them at all times.
It truly does show what a "club" Port Adelaide is and while tragic this matter is (& there is no more tragic than this), then I hope the interstate clubs, and media alike (include the horrible local rag The Advertiser) come to realise what Port tradition & family is.
I am a great believer that you can tell more about people and organisations by the way they handle adversity than by when they handle the good times.
I am proud to be a Port person and I have been so impressed by the way the club has handled this, (KT has been incredible) and my hat comes off to Peter Rhodes. I have always had some doubts about Mr. Rhodes, but you have come into the breach and it would have not been an easy time.
As for John (I continue to shed tears unabated), I quoted W.H. Auden the last time, this time I will finish with Mr. Shakespeare from Hamlet: “Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet prince; And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest."

 

[Macca19]

I dont think you'd scream anyway really.

 

[El_Scorcho]

It doesn't take very long to fall 9m.

 

[Port01]

About 1.5 seconds by my calculation.
I'd advise against reading too much into media stories such as 'medics didn't start cpr for 7 minutes' etc and starting the inevitable blame game. The easiest explanation is that he had a pulse for several minutes.

 

[Natman]

I reckon the flavour of this great, emotional and thoughtful thread is going off topic now.

It would be better if posts on this tangent are in another thread.

 

[Fazualdo]

Farewell J-Mac, I will always remember that infectious smile - you showed a great love of the game and your team mates.

All the best to those close to him and those like myself who never met him but feel the sorrow of the loss of one of our boys.

 

[The Smaller Warrior]

Well done guys

 

[Jakko]

Rest in peace young man. You wont be forgotten.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Good on the club for putting a cover over the fan memorial

 

[Amstaff_]

I'm going to pay my respects tomorrow and have lunch with the other half at the club.

It still hurts when I think about Danni, his Family and of coarse the players and friends. If it were Port Adelaide playing in a final this weekend and we had a minute silence I think there would need to be a Kleenex tissue truck parked out the front of Aami stadium.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Saw that Fox Footy Johnny Mac tribute with that Follow the Sun song. They showed him receiving his guernsey from what looked a slim down Greg Phillips. Went looking for the guernsey presentation video on PTV to confirm it was Phillips. It's been taken down but I did find this thread about the 4 greats who did the 4 presentations before the St Kilda game.

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/guernsey-presentations.927290/#post-23743215

 

[Kyusss]

Rip Jmac .. So sad

 

[sirene]

I will be wearing my teal with my black and white tonight. I was not going to go to the game this week, but now I will be; for our boys and your boys.

RIP JMAC.....it was not your time!
SIDE BY SIDE WE ARE PORT ADELAIDE AND COLLINGWOOD!

 

[cruel_world00]

The banner from tonight. Apologies for the dodgy iPhone quality.

This week #weareALLportadelaide. Solidarity from an Adelaide supporter. RIP JMac.

 

[questionable]

nice little acknowledgement on the banner and a very respectful moment's silence at footy park tonight. i didn't hear any dickheads wanting to make a spectacle of themselves.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Restrained article from Ashley Porter in The Age summarising the tragic chain of events and a reminder of how the team mates who were in Vegas with John are suffering too.

The aftermath of tragedy

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

The following article from news.com.au has pictures of the roof and the route John took on the roof and hotel, as well as links to many news ltd papers articles which have various pictures. In this one a herald sun journo retraces John's steps last Saturday night/ Sunday morning in Vegas.

Stephen Drill retraces the footsteps of John McCarthy

and this one about Rohde's tough trip

A long, sombre journey home

 

[Macca19]

Good to hear that Sorrento won their GF by 2 points today