We had lunch with him yesterday afternoon. I can not fucking believe this, I have to leave work
Good Morning,
I wasn't sure how to handle this tonight as I'm still in shock and wanted to allow the campaign to take the lead but as of yet I've still not
seen anything via email, so I wanted to make sure you were informed. As Board Members of the Caucus I thought you should be the first to know as it becomes a
topic of discussion tomorrow.
It is with great sadness and disbelief that I have to tell you that Terence Tolbert, NV Campaign Dir for Obama died tonight of a heart attack. From what I was
told, he left an event shortly after 8pm tonight and suffered chest pain. He attempted to get to the
hospital and called 911. Operators instructed him to pull over and wait for an ambulance which arrived shortly thereafter, but not in time. He was gone when
they arrived, I believe while the 911 operator was still on the line with him.
Please join me in prayer for his family, friends, colleagues, and the many volunteers that have gotten to know him over the past 5 months. He leaves his
wife (in New York) and a large family that he so often talked about. It was obvious that he missed them
all and couldn't wait to get back. He mentioned to me on Saturday when I saw him that he would be jumping in his car and heading back to NYC just as soon
as the campaign ended. A mutual friend told me he told her he was planning to throw his blackberry away when he got there. I understand that Senator Obama has already contacted his wife and family to
express his condolences. Let's keep Terence in our thoughts and his family in our prayers as we work the next 36 hours to a victory.
God bless each of you is my prayer tonight as I go to bed. Please don't over do it and please take care of yourself.
Yvette
