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Bourdon’s Mom Advised Him Not To Buy A Bike
by Paul on 05/30/08 at 09:06 AM ET
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from Jason Botchford of the Vancouver Province,
Sobbing uncontrollably just hours after losing her son, Luc Bourdon, in a tragic motorcycle accident, Suzanne Boucher said she had tried desperately to stop him from buying a bike.
Her plea worked last year when her fears changed his mind. That’s when Bourdon, the promising Canucks defenceman, first told his mom he dreamed of riding, and was spellbound by the “power and beauty” of motorcycles.
“I was scared when he told me that,” Boucher said yesterday through tears from her home in Shippagan, N.B. “I disagreed with it so much. I said, ‘You can’t do it.’ It was too risky, too dangerous. His girlfriend helped me reason with him. But this year was different. This year he wasn’t going to listen....”
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Every mother says that...and every kid buys a bike. What are you gonna do....I’d recommend getting a dirt bike for anyone out there dreaming of a motorcyle. It’s a whole lot safer when there’s no traffic
Posted by kevin from boston on 05/30/08 at 09:01 AM ET