RIP Lee Rigby

[arely staircase]

Woolwich attack: murdered soldier Drummer Lee Rigby 'would do anything for anybody’

Drummer Lee Rigby was a loving father who only ever wanted to be a soldier and “live life and enjoy himself”, his family said.

The 25-year-old soldier, from Crumpsall, Manchester, was walking towards the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich, south-east London, on Wednesday when he was run down by a car and murdered by two terrorists.

A moving tribute from his family described how he was always there to protect his loved ones and played the “big brother” role to his sisters.

[ohiosmith]

1. K&R!

[Celldweller]

2. so sad.

Victim to those heartless cockroaches.

[ohiosmith]

3. That's an insult to cockroaches!

[Celldweller]

4. you're right! nt

[Libertas1776]

6. +1

[ohiosmith]

5. K

[ohiosmith]

7. K

[Cooley Hurd]

8. These two fucks actually believed that butchering a man on the street would win others...

...to their cause? They set their cause back 50 years with their actions.

Yes, I totally GET why they did it.. But, if they REALLY wanted to get their message out, they would take to the pen, instead of the cleaver.

[ohiosmith]

9. K

[dorkzilla]

10. A fitting tribute to a "Manc"...

Is this beautiful song from a bunch of Mancs...RIP Lee...

[arely staircase]

12. beautiful eom

[dorkzilla]

14. It is. Guy Garvey wrote it for a friend of theirs who died young...

...and I still can't listen to it without tearing up. BTW, if you haven't heard of Elbow, you may have heard them as PBS/WLIW Create was using a song of theirs as their promo. It may seem out of place here, but since they're big Manchester lads and Lee was a drummer, I think he might like it...in fact, this may not be the best recording of the song, but it was recorded in Manchester Cathedral.

[hrmjustin]

11. May he rest in peace!

[arely staircase]

13. and may his familt eventally find peace as well. eom