Off topic: I have not been able to concentrate on anything work related today because my mind been preoccupied with this situation in the news here in Nashville. I don’t know how many people have heard about the 6 foot 6 inch tall 22 year old drunk college student who went missing after being told to leave a bar in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. It appears that he was profoundly drunk and his fraternity brothers did not leave the bar with him. The 22 year old student left the bar to go back to the hotel where his fraternity brothers were staying but walked in the opposite direction of the hotel where here he and his fraternity brothers were staying. His fraternity brothers did not go with him as he tried to locate the hotel. He has been missing since March 8th. It is profoundly troubling.
He appears profoundly drunk in some of the video taken of him. He was seen very close to the Cumberland river, which is very close to the main tourist areas in Nashville. I know this area so well after working and socializing in downtown Nashville very close to Broadway for decades.
Downtown Nashville has never been safe, but in the past 15 years with the explosion of new buildings, businesses, and the growing popularity of Nashville, it has become even more dangerous, especially at night. The touristy area of downtown Nashville is surrounded by pockets of very sketchy areas. So many bodies are found in the Cumberland River. I feel so bad for this young man and that no one tried to help him and his fraternity brothers did not watch out for him. When you think back to your early 20s, it is so sobering to realize some of the risks you may have taken, and how things could have easily gone wrong.
I will put just a few Daily Mail links to the story. There has been no trace of the young man, as of today. Have any of you heard about this?
The smoke shop worker revealed he see's multiple people falling to the groud outside the store 'because of drinking' on a daily basis so he didn't thnk to call for help.
www.dailymail.co.uk
Strain, 22, was last seen on Friday night stumbling through the streets on Broadway, Nashville, after being kicked out of Luke's 32 Bridge Food + Drink just after 9:30pm.
www.dailymail.co.uk
Nashville cops said that Strain 'did not appear distressed', as he was seen in the footage strolling past a cop and asking how he was, before responding that he was 'doing good.'
www.dailymail.co.uk