Actress Natasha Richardson was injured in a skiing accident

[carole]

I kind of agree with you,but human beings are such a silly species, and I think it is best we have the choice made for us about helmets, i like it that we have made it law for bicycles and helmets here,there are alway's going to be others who will disregard the law anyhow.

We better be careful not to turn this into a debate Richard my friend, again my sympathies to the family.

[Medusa]

I wouldn't worry about turning this thread into a debate about helmet laws. As I see it, unfortunate incidents such as this one help to educate. Hopefully, something good can come out of this horrible tragedy. We've all expressed our sympathies but if we can learn something from this experience, so much the better. You aren't hijacking this thread; the fact that she wasn't wearing a helmet was mentioned in the news article and it's a natural progression to talk about that.

[carole]

Thank you Mary, that is what i think too, just don't want to step on anyone's toes here.

[Catty1]

Love this

[lvpets2002]

Yes they were Truley in Love.. This is one of my favorite pics as well.. Its just so Sad.. As the beleif is God has a reason for everthing & everyone doings..

Love this

[Catty1]

The media were herded to a respectful distance. The whole family generously posed for a group photo...Liam and a couple of others waved at the media when heading into the church.


Photo: Liam Neeson leans on Vanessa Redgrave for support at his wife's funeral Sunday. Credit: FilmMagic

Prayers, many prayers for Liam and the boys; and for Natasha's mom, sister and niece.

[RICHARD]

Not to take this into a political/law direction but-

I saw one of the 'celeb news' shows covering the funeral and the nast thing they mentioned was the possibility of a lawsuit against the ski resort.

The poor gal hasn't even cleared customs with St Peter and the talk has begun....

What a bunch of morons.

[Logan]

Until this happened to Natasha Richardson, I had no idea that skiers ever wore helmets! I'm not a skier, so I guess I had no reason to know. It is such a sad story. I only ever saw her in "Parent Trap" and I loved her!

Of course, in regards to helmets, we never wore them as kids when riding our bicycles, but by the time my daughter came along, it was pretty much standard for bicycles, roller skating, roller blading, etc. She always hated it, too, but I made her wear one anyway. The state of SC doesn't require helmets even for motorcyclists. That's why the motorcycle groups love to come here for festivals, I guess.