06-07-2013, 03:39 PM
Cahns dad just posted this on his facebook
CAHN!!!!
I had a voice mail today from a number in Mississippi. Wasn’t quite sure if it wasn’t another survey or random hang up call, but the message was one I had hoped beyond reason for. The call was from Matt who asked if I was Christopher Storbeck’s father, that they hadn’t heard from him in a few days and they were concerned.
I returned the call and after asking a few questions to see who Matt is, I shared that Chris had taken his own life Saturday night. Matt was shocked and I think not believing it for a second. We talked for quite a while as he started processing the unexpected news. Turns out Chris was known a Cahn to his cyber friends and that some of them had been friends with CJ for as long as 10 years, long enough that it is hard to remember when it all started. This on line family was getting together for quests or to BS for a long time and doing in almost on a daily basis.
I asked Matt to share the news with his friends, told him where my facebook page was and asked that we stay in contact. Since I hung up with Matt I have had phone calls from 2 other friends and have 5 new facebook friends from Chris/Cahn’s online Band of Brothers.
No one seem to have had any indication that Cahn was in trouble or was preparing to end his life. The guys I talked to on the phone all tell the story of an intelligent, interested, engaged, out of box thinker who loved to mess with people with his sense of humor. It was a relief to find that his online world that we knew so little of, turned out to be what sounds in essence like a band of brothers who enjoyed learning new games and conquering new worlds and games. That he talked about goings on in the world or chatted about things guys talk about.
Thank you for being there for Cahn in his Cyber World, Thank you for reaching out and filling in this void for us, and I hope we can fill in the void you have in knowing and understanding your lost friend Cahn.
I hope you find time in your grieving and attempts to understand what Chris has done that you feel you can share some stories or thoughts here on line where Chris’s Reality Family.
CAHN!!!!
I had a voice mail today from a number in Mississippi. Wasn’t quite sure if it wasn’t another survey or random hang up call, but the message was one I had hoped beyond reason for. The call was from Matt who asked if I was Christopher Storbeck’s father, that they hadn’t heard from him in a few days and they were concerned.
I returned the call and after asking a few questions to see who Matt is, I shared that Chris had taken his own life Saturday night. Matt was shocked and I think not believing it for a second. We talked for quite a while as he started processing the unexpected news. Turns out Chris was known a Cahn to his cyber friends and that some of them had been friends with CJ for as long as 10 years, long enough that it is hard to remember when it all started. This on line family was getting together for quests or to BS for a long time and doing in almost on a daily basis.
I asked Matt to share the news with his friends, told him where my facebook page was and asked that we stay in contact. Since I hung up with Matt I have had phone calls from 2 other friends and have 5 new facebook friends from Chris/Cahn’s online Band of Brothers.
No one seem to have had any indication that Cahn was in trouble or was preparing to end his life. The guys I talked to on the phone all tell the story of an intelligent, interested, engaged, out of box thinker who loved to mess with people with his sense of humor. It was a relief to find that his online world that we knew so little of, turned out to be what sounds in essence like a band of brothers who enjoyed learning new games and conquering new worlds and games. That he talked about goings on in the world or chatted about things guys talk about.
Thank you for being there for Cahn in his Cyber World, Thank you for reaching out and filling in this void for us, and I hope we can fill in the void you have in knowing and understanding your lost friend Cahn.
I hope you find time in your grieving and attempts to understand what Chris has done that you feel you can share some stories or thoughts here on line where Chris’s Reality Family.