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From: dsears@willamette.net
To: obra@list.obra.org
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:37:48 -0700
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Theo Bos' side of the story.

I agree. I watched this a lot, too, and I think we can't see a lot of the important action, which took place just off camera, below the screen. There's a third rider whose head appears at the last instant before the crash: the third man who went down, who may have had a significant role in squeezing Bos into the barrier. I wouldn't want to even guess at placing blame without seeing the off-camera part.

--Doug Sears

----- Original Message -----
From: chood1@comcast.net
To: Brian Ratliff
Cc: obra@list.obra.org
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Theo Bos' side of the story.

I have watched this video quite a bit and it begins to look like Theo Bos may be innocent of "purposely" causing the accident. It does look like he simply tries to push him a bit at which point,Bos does seem to start falling first and I think his initial reaction was "oh sh..." and simply grabbed a hand full of jersey as a "grab onto something I am going down" kinda way.

Not saying he shouldn't be held accountable. I am just saying that watching the video closely I start to believe he really didn't mean any harm.