Post by Brian on Jun 7, 2009 17:21:36 GMT -5
01/24/07 at 01:26 AM
coolwave
Hello All;
I am new and I have not had time to read all of the post....
I have a question....this is about Arthur Lawson's accident. Am I right that Blaine Nelson that was with Arthur did not get hurt? And which one was driving?
coolwave
01/24/07 at 09:06 AM
Maria
According to the first book published on the Lawson tragedy it says Arthur Lawson was driving the dump truck that night and that he was killed and a passenger Blaine Nelson was seriously injured but survived. In the documentary we have a lady saying the opposite...that Blaine Nelson didn't get even a scratch. Two conflicting and opposing statements. I wasn't there so I don't know. The lady in the documentary was alive at the time of the Lawson murders and Arthur's death 15 years later. The purpose of our documentary was to give anyone and everyone close to the story a voice in the telling of this tragedy if they wanted to. It was not our place or desire to correct any of them If they said something that was in direct contrast to what anyone else had already said. As we all know 10 different people can witness the same event and see the same thing but their interpretation of what they saw will be somewhat different from what the other 9 people saw or heard. I may see it from one perspective while another person sees it from their perspective. And as time goes by, especially 77 years, memories can and sometimes do fail us and key aspects of our stories change. It does not mean that anyone lied or was wrong in either their recollections/memories or their perspective of what they saw at the time they saw it. We decided very early on to let each person interviewed tell what they saw or remembered or handed down to them from others. If one remembered or perceived something that was not the same as another person saw or perceived it then so be it. It was how THAT person saw it or understood it. It does not mean they lied or got it wrong. We did not put any words into their mouths. We did not lie or get our facts wrong. We did not do the telling. We let them tell their stones and share their memories with us. And it was beautiful. Nothing can ever change that for me.
Maria Hodges
01/24/07 at 11:09 AM
coolwave
Thanks for the information, Maria
coolwave
01/24/07 at 11:32 AM
Maria
You're welcome coolwave. Thanks for posting. And welcome to the message forum.
Maria
coolwave
Hello All;
I am new and I have not had time to read all of the post....
I have a question....this is about Arthur Lawson's accident. Am I right that Blaine Nelson that was with Arthur did not get hurt? And which one was driving?
coolwave
01/24/07 at 09:06 AM
Maria
According to the first book published on the Lawson tragedy it says Arthur Lawson was driving the dump truck that night and that he was killed and a passenger Blaine Nelson was seriously injured but survived. In the documentary we have a lady saying the opposite...that Blaine Nelson didn't get even a scratch. Two conflicting and opposing statements. I wasn't there so I don't know. The lady in the documentary was alive at the time of the Lawson murders and Arthur's death 15 years later. The purpose of our documentary was to give anyone and everyone close to the story a voice in the telling of this tragedy if they wanted to. It was not our place or desire to correct any of them If they said something that was in direct contrast to what anyone else had already said. As we all know 10 different people can witness the same event and see the same thing but their interpretation of what they saw will be somewhat different from what the other 9 people saw or heard. I may see it from one perspective while another person sees it from their perspective. And as time goes by, especially 77 years, memories can and sometimes do fail us and key aspects of our stories change. It does not mean that anyone lied or was wrong in either their recollections/memories or their perspective of what they saw at the time they saw it. We decided very early on to let each person interviewed tell what they saw or remembered or handed down to them from others. If one remembered or perceived something that was not the same as another person saw or perceived it then so be it. It was how THAT person saw it or understood it. It does not mean they lied or got it wrong. We did not put any words into their mouths. We did not lie or get our facts wrong. We did not do the telling. We let them tell their stones and share their memories with us. And it was beautiful. Nothing can ever change that for me.
Maria Hodges
01/24/07 at 11:09 AM
coolwave
Thanks for the information, Maria
coolwave
01/24/07 at 11:32 AM
Maria
You're welcome coolwave. Thanks for posting. And welcome to the message forum.
Maria