A small Tribute

Hush my friend, do I hear you cry,
When you think of me, in the middle of the night;
When sleep has fled, and all you remember,
Is what was and what could never be.

If my face, won’t leave the corner of your mind,
If I walk with you now each and every mile,
There must be a reason, that you remember,
A sparkling eye and a winning smile.

Won’t you remember me,
And all the things I showed you,
Remember me and everything I told you,
And if I didn’t do everything right, all the time,
Remember my heart was broken, and your tears mix with mine.

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If I couldn’t say I’m sorry, if you never saw me cry,
It didn’t mean I ever meant to say goodbye;
And if you couldn’t hear me, When I called with my last breath,
Always think of me when I was at my best.

Won’t you please remember all the good things when you’re sad
All the moments we shared together, and all the fun we had,
And all the things that were not said and that I could never say,
And everything we meant to do and didn’t on that day.

If I was there with you I’d dry up all your tears,
But now we parted company,
And please throughout the years,

Won’t you remember me,

Remember me,
And won’t you please be kind.

Jacob...i miss you sooo very much. Your smile always brightens my day.. There isnt a day goes by that i dont think about you and what an incredible family you have. i know thjings didnt turn out like we all wanted then to but, i want you to know that i love you and i know your watching over all of us each and everyday. i love you and i miss you dearly

To our Beloved Son Chris, It is fast approaching a year since you left us. In so many ways it gets more difficult as the year anniversary gets closer. I know our lives will forever be changed with the loss of you and even though we have become so close to your family and may never have gotten to know them as we have, we still wish you were here with us. Your step daughters have grown into wonderful girls, so compassionate and thoughtful. How proud you would have been of them. And to your honor they still chose to have your name, something you would have done if not for Sept. 12, 2008. We will be there Sept. 12, 2009, in California to celebrate your life and those who also so tragically died that day. It is going to be a very difficult time for us, I know that, but we were so glad it worked out so we could be there. My hope is there in heaven you are enjoying those relatives you never got to know and enjoying those you did know even more. I still hear your voice when your dad scares me with his driving and your imitation of me yelling "DEARRRRRRRRR" as I reach for the handle and I laugh to myself as I always got such a kick out of your sense of humor. We all love you with all our hearts, miss you more than words can express and pray we will see you again. Love, your mom

WoW! This tradgedy just makes you want to wish that you could just wake up, to a beautiful day, but unfortunately this is not a dream. On September 14 all 1,000 pupil of RMS joyfully went to Period 2 at 8:00 AM. Little did we know what tradgc news we had in store. When the bell rang we all quietly (most(,if not all) of us weepingly) went to Period 3, then it came to us all. Its true that you dont know what you have until you lose it. Now we just wish we did. We all know very well that Roosevelt Middle School will never ever be the same. Mr. Grace will be missed by all of us. He will always be cherished in our memories. RIP Mr.Grace, you've done all f us a great deal of kindess, now youre in a better place.
WE LUV YOU MR. GRACE!!!! :(

Months have passed but Roger's spirit is around all of us who reach out or who just want to share some time again since he was such a short time here on earth Roger surrounds us his is such a bright star one of few, wow I feel blessed to have shared life on earth with Rog. Peace to Liz Matt Danielle Maddy and Chris. Remember Poppi's in the moon Goodnight Moon Love Janice

hi, Greg!

just wanted to say your brother Ernie misses you very much although you know, he's not very good with words...we've been talking about you and trying to make a sense out of this...but we really can't. Hopefully, we'll find some kind of closure soon...

Michelle and Andrew...miss you and hope to see you soon!

Love,

Ernie and Lucia

listen here, "queen of bells"...
you need to get on with your life and find another project than the sorry individual that sanchez was. make your life count, don't waste it on somenone who killed so many innocent people by doing something as stupid as playing with his phone. his picture among the other victims is an insult and a slap in the face of the families who lost a dear member that day. It is a slap in my face every single time i visit this website...this tragedy changed our lives forever and you are here bragging about a criminal. You need to be banned from here and LA Times needs to remove sanchez's picture and page from their website. I'm glad to see you're taking your comments someplace else, since all you've done here was turning a knife in our hearts..i hope you get to meet sanchez one day, and it won't be in heaven. I hope this is the last time we've heard from you...go hide now.

I just found out about Mr. Grace's passing today while talking to a coworker. I can't believe I didn't know about it until almost a year later. At the time of the accident I wasn't watching much TV and I didn't read up on any details of the crash. Finding out about it now just completely shocks me. I attended Roosevelt between 1992 and 1995 and I remember him vividly. I don't remember conversations with him because it was about 15 years ago, but I remember his presence and I remember the affect he had on students. He was always positive and had such a calm sense about him. I remember there were a few teachers that evoked intimidation and maybe a little fear :-), but not Mr. Grace. He was loving and kind. I can't believe he is gone. To his family, I hope this past year has been a year of strengthening. Again, so sorry for your loss.

Sincerely,
Brendali

P.S. Mrs. Grace, you said in the comment on April 2nd that they will be dedicating a building in his name. Has that passed?

Hi Everyone, Plans continue for the respectful preservation of Rob Sanchez's memory. I have watched this page turn from respectful memories of him to a forum for unhappiness and anger expressed toward Rob Sanchez and also my desire to kindly remember him. I have enjoyed reading many of the stories about him on this page, especially the kind words said about him by conductors and dispatchers. I would also like to thank his colleagues who have not posted on this page for sharing their memories with me and for their support. I feel due to the doragatory nature taken by the last few posts that it is time to move my updates to other places. If you are genuinely interested in following this story please click on http://www.shellbells.net throughout the next few months where regular posts will be shown. I thank the Los Angeles Times for dedicating a page to Robert's memory. It has unfortunately become a place for disrespect and detraction from an otherwise professional engineer who made it seems a tragic mistake. Remember the investigation is still not completed. My heart goes out to all who lost so much on that day. Best of wishes to all in their recovery. And if friends of Robert still look at this page on occasion please know my heart goes out to you, too. There are many nice online tributes to him on other sites. There are many who remember him with kindness.

rip nena