Natalie Pierre Williams in critical condition after car wreck

First-, second- or third-degree burns? That's a pretty important distinction. I pray that it's first- and second-degree, and not third. If it's first or second, she'll recover. If it's third-degree burns ... pray really hard.

 

If this is out of line, then I sincerely apologize. It's not meant to be offensive but more of an observation.

I just couldn't help but notice how attractive Natalie is. She is a very good looking woman. I noticed this back when we discussed her situation sometime last year. Maybe it's human nature, but it seems when really pretty females are harmed, people take more notice. A couple of good examples would be Natalie Holloway and Lacie Peterson.

Anyway, I can't imagine being that attractive and then being physically scarred so bad by burns. The physical toll would be enough torture, but the emotional toll from the drastic change in appearance would probably be more than I could deal with. Then, again, people are amazingly and surprisingly stronger than we realize when faced with major hurdles in life. Hopefully, Natalie is one of those people, too.

 

Obviously the criticism she took here was the first thing that came to mind, because it's the only reason I knew who she was. But totally different, and everyone here (I hope) wants to see a recovery and are hoping for the best. I know no one else wants to say it, but depending on the severity of the burns, she might not be a lot better off. I hope she can have a normal, pain-free life, but it's going to be tough. I haven't heard a lot of stories from burn units, but the few I have heard/read have been fucking brutal. I don't even want to think about it.

 

According to the report, she's in critical condition in the burn center's ICU ... not a good sign right there ...

Yeah, pray really hard ...

 

Saw on Twitter there is reason for hope. Apparently breathing on her own, has opened her eyes and had a surgical procedure that was successful. Great news, but obviously not out of the woods yet.

On a journalism front, saw the reporter who is covering this story said on Twitter that she is one of Natalie's best friends. Maybe the newsroom isn't big enough to have a non-best friend cover the story, but that sort of feels weird. And I wonder if it was a city councilwoman or other public figure who was injured in the same circumstances, if they would be pressing the "what really happened?" angle and asking some tough questions of the husband (noting his past transgressions) and pressing the police about the investigation.

 

Much like the Chicago-area police shooting we're discussing in Sports & News, it's tough to say what kind of reporting is going on behind the scenes right now. Here, accusing a guy of attempted murder before you have it pretty locked down is a pretty risky step to take.

 

Anything new on this?

 

Was just about to post this. Bizarre stuff.

 

Ummmm... yeah. I didn't see this coming at all. What the hell?

 

Sounds like the plan was much worse than the outcome.