Yeager update

[Pro2a]

A bit long, but he gives a lot in the first three minutes.
This has all happened so fast.

https://youtu.be/nOW0uBQMRgM

 

[knockonit]

i have a long time friend who is dealing with this, heart breaking to see him dimish as time goes by, presently has no use of arms, they have atrophied to bones, terrible disease,
i wish the best for those that have it and deal with it
rj

 

[effjaybay]

My uncle passed away this past November from ALS at 59. He would come in from out of state and stay with us when he had appointments for testing at Mayo. He could barely walk, talk, and breathe during his last visit. I went to visit him in the hospital two days before he passed. It was heartbreaking to see the breathing machine do the work for him with the abrupt, mechanical inhale and exhale. F*cking brutal to watch and not know if he could hear us as we spoke to him for the last time. RIP Johnny.

 

[Cubiclerevolt]

Man that hurts to watch. What a horrible way to go and people stating they were happy to see this are some dark miserable people.

 

[xerts1911]

That’s fricken sad

 

[iammaxwell]

Wow. No words...

 

[Vepr602]

I took a Tactical Response class in Tucson. Though Yeager wasn't the instructor, his class was educational and fun. So sorry to hear this.

Prayers for James.

 

[musicman10_1]

ALS is the stuff of my nightmares. I cannot imagine having to fight that battle. Give it hell, JY.

 

[That Guy]

I’m sure after James Yeager’ actions or rather INACTIONS on Route Irish the stuff of nightmares for the survivors of his PSD team is being in another life and death situation with James Yeager.


And before anybody begs the question I actually have been up and down Irish a lot-far more times than Yeager ever did.

 

[smithers599]

Never heard of James Yeager. Apparently had a firearms related internet presence.
Googled "James Yeager Route Irish" and found this: http://www.thinklikeacop.org/James%20Yeager%20After%20Action%20Report.pdf
Sounds like a s____y situation.

 

[Rock Hardson]

James Yeager has passed away

https://youtu.be/de08K2XhqAg

 

[Suck My Glock]

Well, that happened rather fast for him, didn't it. It took him down in less than a year, I think.

I recall he had decided to go to Ukraine to at least make his certain death count for something,...but by the end of February he was already declining badly enough that they wouldn't let him. I think it would have been kinder to let him go out in a blaze of glory, taking out a squad of Ruskies as a suicide bomber or something. ALS is a horrible way to go.

 

[That Guy]

Well, that happened rather fast for him, didn't it. It took him down in less than a year, I think.

I recall he had decided to go to Ukraine to at least make his certain death count for something,...but by the end of February he was already declining badly enough that they wouldn't let him. I think it would have been kinder to let him go out in a blaze of glory, taking out a squad of Ruskies as a suicide bomber or something. ALS is a horrible way to go.

“ I think it would have been kinder to let him go out in a blaze of glory, taking out a squad of Ruskies as a suicide bomber or something.”

Yeah, maybe. Or he could’ve simply been the lead driver for a Russian PSD motorcade cuz he’s successfully got people killed doing that…..

 

[smithers599]

From John Farnam:

3 Sept 22

"The thing that's always worried me about being ‘One of the Few,' is the way we keep getting fewer!"

British Flight Officer David Campbell (played by Richard Burton) in the 1962 epic film, “The Longest Day”

James Yeager, 1973-2022

My esteemed colleague and long-time friend, James Yeager, died of Lou Gehrig’s Disease (ALS) yesterday, in TN.

James was a giant in our Art and a true and genuine friend. I’ve learned so much from him!

It’s been my honor and privilege to teach with James at his facility in TN, and other places. He was always gracious to a fault, and dedicated to the advancement of our Art and to the improvement of his, and our, students and instructors.

It has been my honor to have been his friend, comrade, and colleague.

Our Art is diminished with his death.

I love you, Partner!

Rest in Peace

/John

 

[xerts1911]

RIP