Doan Bui
Doan Bui
Friday, September 14, 2012
Age: 63
Location:
Morrissey Boulevard
Dorchester , MA
United States
Doan Bui was killed by a drunk driver who stayed on the scene and was charged with vehicular manslaughter.
Boston magazine described the place where he was killed:
It’s a wide, straight road that’s easy to exceed the 30 mph speed limit,
and there’s often a statie there to enforce the law. Unfortunately for
Doan Bui, the road wasn’t wide enough or straight enough to keep him
safe from a driver in a pick-up truck. Bui was pronounced dead at the
scene.
From Boston Daily
Ghost Bike Installed After a Death in Dorchester
Drivers passing by on Morrissey Boulevard will see a stark reminder of a life lost.
BY Casey Lyons POSTED ON 9/25/2012
Photo courtesy of Andy Schroeder
About 10 people gathered on Sunday morning
to install a ghost bike along Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester for Doan
Bui, the 63-year-old Dorchester man who was killed last week by an
apparent drunk driver.
It was somber, but suffused with a sense of
duty and honor, that we were doing the right thing for a member of our
tribe. A few people from Dorchester gathered the bike, painted it, and
organized the installation. These ghost bike don’t happen any other way
than somebody cares enough to take it upon herself to do something. Some
cyclists also tried to track down his family, but couldn’t find a
reliable address. In the end, everyone decided, it was still important
to memorialize the spot, even if we couldn’t touch base with the family
first. That’s what you do when a member of your tribe has fallen. Though
nobody knew Bui, everyone felt like we could have seen him, or at least
befallen his same fate except for a few different details.
When the ghost bike was chained and after
some touch-up paint was added to make it really shine, we thought we’d
done a good job. The cars on Morrissey would be able to see it,
especially when they were stopped in traffic waiting to get out of city
during the afternoon rush. Maybe it will make them think twice again
about how easily a cyclist’s life can be snatched away by a car. Another
person who was there stuck a bunch of lavender into the brake cables on
the handlebars.
And as the group dispersed, the group hoped it wouldn’t have to meet this way again.
Friday, September 14, 2012
Age: 63
Location:
Morrissey Boulevard
Dorchester , MA
United States
Doan Bui was killed by a drunk driver who stayed on the scene and was charged with vehicular manslaughter.
Boston magazine described the place where he was killed:
It’s a wide, straight road that’s easy to exceed the 30 mph speed limit,
and there’s often a statie there to enforce the law. Unfortunately for
Doan Bui, the road wasn’t wide enough or straight enough to keep him
safe from a driver in a pick-up truck. Bui was pronounced dead at the
scene.
From Boston Daily
Ghost Bike Installed After a Death in Dorchester
Drivers passing by on Morrissey Boulevard will see a stark reminder of a life lost.
BY Casey Lyons POSTED ON 9/25/2012
Photo courtesy of Andy Schroeder
About 10 people gathered on Sunday morning
to install a ghost bike along Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester for Doan
Bui, the 63-year-old Dorchester man who was killed last week by an
apparent drunk driver.
It was somber, but suffused with a sense of
duty and honor, that we were doing the right thing for a member of our
tribe. A few people from Dorchester gathered the bike, painted it, and
organized the installation. These ghost bike don’t happen any other way
than somebody cares enough to take it upon herself to do something. Some
cyclists also tried to track down his family, but couldn’t find a
reliable address. In the end, everyone decided, it was still important
to memorialize the spot, even if we couldn’t touch base with the family
first. That’s what you do when a member of your tribe has fallen. Though
nobody knew Bui, everyone felt like we could have seen him, or at least
befallen his same fate except for a few different details.
When the ghost bike was chained and after
some touch-up paint was added to make it really shine, we thought we’d
done a good job. The cars on Morrissey would be able to see it,
especially when they were stopped in traffic waiting to get out of city
during the afternoon rush. Maybe it will make them think twice again
about how easily a cyclist’s life can be snatched away by a car. Another
person who was there stuck a bunch of lavender into the brake cables on
the handlebars.
And as the group dispersed, the group hoped it wouldn’t have to meet this way again.