Sports Anchor Stuart Scott’s Daughters Write Letter On Anniversary Of His Death 

  
A year after the death of ESPN legend Stuart Scott, his daughters have reflected on the longtime sports anchor in a touching letter.

Stuart Scott was diagnosed with a rare form of appendix cancer in 2007. He died at age 49 on Jan. 4, 2015.
  
Scott was a 1988 graduate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He started working for ESPN in 1993.

He was awarded the Jim Valvano Award for Perseverance at the 2014 Espys.

The beloved ESPN anchor often cited his two daughters, Taelor and Sydni, as a big source of his motivation to keep fighting cancer.

Check out the dynamic letter the girls wrote their father:

Dear Dad, 


Growing up we thought all Dads worked “inside the television.” This last year, we realized the full impact you’ve had on the world, and how important you were to so many. A whirlwind year of appearances and accepting awards on your behalf, Lifetime Achievement Awards, Hall of Fame Inductions, your book launch and even a visit to the White House — has given us great insight into the mark you left during your lifetime. We are truly grateful for the opportunity to meet many people whom you profoundly impacted, share our grief and our memories while giving back on your behalf and continuing the legacy you started in raising cancer awareness.

You lived your life with a fierce sense of authenticity, passion and competitiveness, giving it your all and reaching for the best in everything you did. When you were diagnosed with cancer, you showed the world how to fight with that same fierce passion, instilling a sense of hope and inspiration to so many. And in the end you taught us all how to win – live or die – by how you live, why you live and the manner in which you live. 

From you Dad, we’ve learned to reach for the fight we possess inside and apply it with passion to our lives. It was through your vulnerability, that you taught us the real value of strength in never giving up.

Love, Tae & Syd

(Your heartbeats)

Pizza Delivery Man Stabs Customer Over $3 Tip 

 

Michael Charles Parker, 31 was accused of stabbing 21 year old customer over tip dispute.
 
A California man is recovering after being stabbed by a Domino’s delivery man.

A 21-year-old customer got into an altercation with 31-year-old Michael Charles Parker when he delivered a pizza to his house.

KTLA news was told that Parker was tipped $3 on a $45 bill and refused to leave.

An argument followed, leading to a physical altercation.

The altercation spilled out into the customer’s driveway, and allegedly Parker stabbed the customer in the wrist and neck.

Parker was found at his workplace and was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon. He was booked at the Covina Police Department and posted $30,000 bail.

The victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was treated by the Los Angeles County Fire Department and transferred to a local trauma center.

Mexican Mayor Assasinated One Day After Taking Office

  
Via ABC News– The mayor of a city south of Mexico’s capital was shot to death on Saturday, less than a day after taking office.

Gunmen opened fire on Mayor Gisela Mota at her house in the city of Temixco, said the government of Morelos state, where Temixco is located. Two presumed assailants were killed and three others detained following a pursuit, said Morelos security commissioner Jesus Alberto Capella. He said the suspects fired on federal police and soldiers from a vehicle.

On his Twitter account, Morelos Gov. Graco Ramirez attributed Mota’s killing to organized crime, without citing a particular drug cartel or gang. Cartels seeking to control communities and towns have often targeted local officials and mayors in Mexico.

Mota’s leftist Democratic Revolution Party released a statement describing her as “a strong and brave woman who on taking office as mayor, declared that her fight against crime would be frontal and direct.”

Temixco is a city of about 100,000 people neighboring Cuernavaca, a resort and industrial city which has been suffering kidnappings and extortion linked to organized crime groups. Though Cuernavaca is the capital of Morelos, Temixco is the seat of several state institutions including the Public Security Commission, which coordinates state and local police forces. Morelos also neighbors drug cartel-plagued Guerrero state.

Mota, who had been a federal congresswoman, was sworn into office on New Year’s Day. She was killed the following day.

Morelos Gov. Ramirez vowed there “would be no impunity” in her killing and promised that state officials would not cede to what he described as a “challenge from criminals.”

Federal and state forces are deployed in Cuernavaca and municipalities near the Guerrero state border in what is called operation “Delta.”

Capella did not provide more details about the attack on Mota, but said that when the suspects were detained, authorities found a 9-millimeter gun, an Uzi, ski masks and an SUV with Mexico State license plates.

Morelos Attorney General Javier Perez Duron said the detained suspects have been tied to other crimes, but declined to provide more details.