(legit story…on today’s AP wire)
By The Associated Press
Colorado Springs, Colo.
An 18-year-old man is hospitalized in critical but stable condition after he was stabbed late Wednesday.
Police say Nathan Hughes was stabbed in the neck at an apartment building about 9:15 p.m. He was taken to a nearby
hospital for surgery.
Witnesses say Hughes was outside his apartment playing his flute when the attack occurred.
Authorities are searching for suspects. No arrests have been made.
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Either the guy was nutz…
or Nathan was a really bad flute player.
remember…one man’s music may well be another man’s “rosebud.”
Sometimes I play outside; uilleann pipes if alone (evasive action’s definitely out of the question), or cittern and flute if with a friend (strength in numbers is a Good Thing).
A few of my neighbors say they like hearing the music whether I’m indoors or out. “Free concerts”, one called it, which is being a bit too kind, but I’ll take the props anyway. No threats so far. Fingers crossed.
I often play banjo outside on my porch in Brooklyn. Never occurred to me that I would be an easy target for a ‘drive by’, but then again, I often have the cover of the gardeners with the leaf blowers and hedgers, 'etc. Perhaps I should stick to the flute on which I am much more comfortable…
Colorado Springs teen stabbed to death while playing flute
Associated Press Originally published 12:28 p.m., August 22, 2008
Updated 12:28 p.m., August 22, 2008
An 18-year-old Colorado Springs man who witnesses say was playing his flute when he was stabbed in the neck has died of his injuries.
Nathaniel Hughes underwent surgery at Penrose Hospital following the attack at Westwood Village Apartments on Wednesday night.
Police spokesman Sergeant Scott Schwall says Hughes died about 10:30 p.m. Thursday. An autopsy is planned.
The Violent Crimes Unit of the Colorado Springs Police Department is investigating.
This was the second deadly stabbing in Colorado Springs in less than 24 hours. Twenty-three-year-old Nicholas Murphy was stabbed to death early Wednesday.
A disturbing and sad story. All of which again reinforces Monty Python’s “The Advantages of Not Being Seen”!
…and another reason I like fluting from a mountaintop; not only are the acoustics beautiful — but they don’t know where it’s coming from.
Although, I was a bit embarrassed to learn that a few locals from one lovely spot that I had been playing regularly had come to believe the flute echoing down the mountain was produced by spirits, since no one they knew played the instrument. I suppose in a way they were right (hic). I stopped playing there afterwards, however.
Can’t have liberals or flute players.
