Posted By: ROBERT GORMUS (c-24-125-183-44.hsd1.va.comcast.net) Date: Sunday, March 9, 2008, @ 8:34 p.m.
JUST WANT TO LET THOSE OF YOU WHO LIFTED IN THE USAPL AND KNOW PHILLIP BATTLE THAT WE ARE SO SADDENED BY HIS PASSING LAST NIGHT. WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT THE CAUSE WAS BUT ARE SO SURE OF THE HEAVINESS WE FEEL IN OUR HEARTS. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS PARENTS AND SISTER. HE AND I HAVE TRAINED TOGETHER FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS AND I HAVE KNOWN HIM SINCE HE WAS 14. IT IS WITH A HEAVY HEART THAT I WRITE THIS TO YOU ALL. PLOEASE SAY A PRAYER AND KEEP HIS FAMILY IN YOUR THOUGHTS WHILE THEY GO THROUGH THIS HARD TIME. PHILLIP WAS A GREAT PERSON AND IT WAS A PLEASURE HAVING HIM AS A FRIEND.