Photos from the Rick Rypien Celebration of Life
by Pseuccubus on Aug 18, 2011 12:55 PM PDT
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PrintI met up with my husband downtown yesterday, so we could head to Rogers Arena and pay our respects at this event. We hoped that if nothing else, we'd at least contribute to the size of the crowd--thinking that maybe the more fans Rick Rypien's friends and family saw gathered, the more they might be comforted.
I took a few photos, for anyone who couldn't make it and was interested to see a bit of what it was like.
(hit the "view: wide" button right over there -----> to see the photos correctly)
Approaching Rogers Arena from the SkyTrain. I was happy to see so many people gathering, but then sad as it occurred to me that Rypien will never get to feel excited to see this place again.
A somber fan stands vigil for the fallen.
So much love.
Everyone was subdued & respectful. It seemed oddly quiet for the number of people there, but it also seemed just right.
More tributes. Everyone who moved through here to write on the posters was extremely careful not to disturb these candles.
This one just breaks my heart.
The line to sign the memorial book went all the way to the street, and stayed that way the whole time we were there.
I took this photo for my little boy, who's on vacation right now. Still not sure how I'm going to tell him about all of this.
More love being added to the memorial.
Somewhere in here is where I slipped my terrible-but-heartfelt poem.
Thanks, Rypien. None of us can hear these things too often.
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touching photos
thanks for passing them along
a ginger ball hockey player... no wonder I'm a Canucks fan
Thanks for sharing
That is very moving, and brings a tear to my eye. I really wish I was in Vancouver and could have been there. Thanks for participating and for sharing those photos here.
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My message on the back of that Skytrain support. I love fellow Canuck fans for the entire thing, and hope the Rypien family can take some minor solace in the fact he was well loved…
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Absolutely
beautiful.
I'll do it tomorrow, that seems like a pretty good idea to me
What's wrong with tomorrow, I'm watching him but who's watching me?
by Smoboy41 on Aug 18, 2011 1:29 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I don’t know if anyone posted this before, but a great interview on Rypien for making it to the NHL:
http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=543623
This post is perfect. Thanks!
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Thank you so much for posting those pictures.
I wish I could have been there. Love seeing all the love for Rypien.
The one about him and Luc makes me cry every time I see it. So sad. Both are were way too young.
Thanks Pseu
So awesome to see all the outpouring of love, I’m sitting here with tears in my eyes…both of sadness and of pride in the fanbase. Though they’re never easy, this tragedy feels alot harder to me than others.
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