Justice Long Coming....

[xakara]

I had many a ramble on my mind this evening after a full and busy day at work, but the event that touched me the most today outranked my astounishment at public schools being cancelled with less than an active inch of snow on the ground this morning, or the endless chatter from the locals about a snowfall and weather front that the Midwest and Northeast would pay to have over the mess they're dealing with now.

No, tonight's moment was much bigger than all that, if less personal as it has nothing at all to do with me.

America's Most Wanted is a cultural icon with references made to the show and its host spanning generations these last two, going on three decades. It's so much ingrained in pop reference that it is often forgotten that the show was born out of a great tragedy.

John Walsh, AMW host, lost his six-year-old son Adam Walsh in 1981. A man arrested on another charge confessed to the murder and then recanted. He died in prison with the case still open. Today, John and his wife were able to finally relieved of the torture brought on by not knowing. The case was officially closed with the individual who confessed firmly established as the monster who killed their child. John said it wasn't about closure, but about justice.
 
I hope that he and his family find a measure of both.

~X

Comments

[moondancerdrake.livejournal.com]

The death of Adam is like any child murder as in it could only be acted out by a true monster. It's good to know at least this monster is gone. I applad John Walsh for protecting our children from the other monsters with not only his show but the videos her and the alert system organisation creates. It's in those action of sacrifice and dedication that Adam's memory is fully honored.

[xakara.livejournal.com]

Many people crawl inside their pain and live there until they die. John Walsh took a hold of his with both hands and then did his damndest to make sure fewer people ever had to live with the same loss he endured. No greater honor could be attached to Adam's name then inspiring that kind of protection and the lives his father helped save.