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“Wir trauern um Robert Enke.”
*UPDATE: Germany cancels Saturday friendly vs. Chile
Germany and the world footballing community are in shock this morning at the news that Hanover 96 captain and German national first choice goalkeeper Robert Enke apparently committed suicide yesterday by stepping in front of a speeding train.
German police sources have confirmed that a suicide note was found. Details have not been released.
Enke, who suffered a long, frustrating series of injuries over the years, including a recent bacterial infection, was still dealing with the loss of his two year old daughter from a rare heart defect in 2006 had recently emerged from the long shadow of Oliver Kahn and Jens Lehmann and appeared on course to start for Germany in South Africa next Summer.
All DFL players will wear black armbands in the next gameday as a tribute to Enke, as will his former teammates at Tenerife. Another former side, Barcelona, held a silent tribute and dedicated their Kings Cup victory Tuesday to their former keeper.
The German national team, scheduled to play Chile on Saturday, has canceled their training session. The official Hanover 96 website is blacked out except for the message “Wir trauern um Robert Enke.” We mourn for Robert Enke.
Enke is survived by his wife and eight month old daughter.
According to wire reports, US National team forward Charlie Davies has been released from Washington Hospital Center and will continue his physical rehabilitation under the supervision of the USSF medical staff.
Davies, who is still unable to walk unassisted, will reportedly require from 6-12 months to recover full mobility.
Perhaps USSF will favor us with a media release on the subject sometime today.
The accident which caused Davies' injuries as well as the death of a Virginia woman is still under investigation by state and local authorities and no further information as to the cause of the crash is available. While it's always difficult - if not entirely futile - to speculate in situations like this, the fact that the incident has been under investigation for so long would seem to strongly indicate that criminal charges are being seriously contemplated.
* The DFB has announced that they have called off the frinedly scheduled for this weekend VS> CHILE to give the team time to recover from the Enke tragedy.
(To Laura: thanks for your help)
Germany and the world footballing community are in shock this morning at the news that Hanover 96 captain and German national first choice goalkeeper Robert Enke apparently committed suicide yesterday by stepping in front of a speeding train.
German police sources have confirmed that a suicide note was found. Details have not been released.
Enke, who suffered a long, frustrating series of injuries over the years, including a recent bacterial infection, was still dealing with the loss of his two year old daughter from a rare heart defect in 2006 had recently emerged from the long shadow of Oliver Kahn and Jens Lehmann and appeared on course to start for Germany in South Africa next Summer.
All DFL players will wear black armbands in the next gameday as a tribute to Enke, as will his former teammates at Tenerife. Another former side, Barcelona, held a silent tribute and dedicated their Kings Cup victory Tuesday to their former keeper.
The German national team, scheduled to play Chile on Saturday, has canceled their training session. The official Hanover 96 website is blacked out except for the message “Wir trauern um Robert Enke.” We mourn for Robert Enke.
Enke is survived by his wife and eight month old daughter.
According to wire reports, US National team forward Charlie Davies has been released from Washington Hospital Center and will continue his physical rehabilitation under the supervision of the USSF medical staff.
Davies, who is still unable to walk unassisted, will reportedly require from 6-12 months to recover full mobility.
Perhaps USSF will favor us with a media release on the subject sometime today.
The accident which caused Davies' injuries as well as the death of a Virginia woman is still under investigation by state and local authorities and no further information as to the cause of the crash is available. While it's always difficult - if not entirely futile - to speculate in situations like this, the fact that the incident has been under investigation for so long would seem to strongly indicate that criminal charges are being seriously contemplated.
* The DFB has announced that they have called off the frinedly scheduled for this weekend VS> CHILE to give the team time to recover from the Enke tragedy.
(To Laura: thanks for your help)
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Sucks that apparently Robert Enke felt the need to end his life. Hopefully he's finally found his peace.
As for Davies, remember that he was a passenger in the crashed car, so if any charges are pending, they should not be on him.Posted 11 Nov 2009 at 08:40 AM by Orlando Rays 
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"While it's always difficult - if not entirely futile - to speculate in situations like this, the fact that the incident has been under investigation for so long would seem to strongly indicate that criminal charges are being seriously contemplated."
My first reaction was to criticize your post for the kind of speculation that needlessly fans the flames. So, I read it again and decided that your speculation is not unreasonable.
A State's Attorney (or the equivalent office) has virtually unlimited discretion as to whether or not to pursue a criminal prosecution. In any situation where serious injuries have resulted, let alone loss of life, it's a grave decision, and one that should not be made without the most serious consideration.
If no charges are filed, the injured and the loved ones of the deceased absolutely deserve to know that the decision was made based on a rigorous, sober examination of all the facts, and that the facts don't support the commencement of a criminal prosecution.
Alternatively, the mere filing of a criminal charge can have a devastating and lasting impact on the reputation of the accused, regardless of whether or not the charge is eventually proved. So, any decision to prosecute should be made with this reality clearly in mind, and made only with evidence that is sufficient to support a conviction. To do otherwise is unethical and immoral (albeit, sadly, not uncommon).
The fact that no immediate decision was made suggests that the Prosecutor's office is taking this responsibility very seriously...as they should.
I appreciate your observation.
I, like most others, am assuming that since it has supposedly been verified that Davies was in the back seat and not operating the vehicle at the time of the accident that no charge of any kind is probable against him.
And I am mindful as you suggest, of not imputing blame on any individual, named or not, due to the paucity of facts.
However, from the beginning it has been obvious that, absent a mechanical failure of some kind, which is possible but highly unlikely, driver error was almost certainly the cause of this tragedy.
And that's not to say that alcohol was necessarily involved. Stone sober people are charged with, for example, reckless operation or failure to control every day of the week.
I thank you for not reading more into what I said than the words on the page; all I'm suggesting is that, at this point, the police must certainly have all the facts they are likely to ever have regarding this accident and, therefore, the most likely reason why the information has not been released is that they still have not made a decision about charges.Posted 11 Nov 2009 at 09:26 AM by Martininho
Updated 11 Nov 2009 at 09:49 AM by Bill Archer -
I'm surprised that we still don't know who was driving. I'm assuming it's no one we've heard of, but it's still a little surprising to me.
(No, I haven't been trying to find out.)Posted 11 Nov 2009 at 09:32 AM by Beau Dure
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Methinks you should have made two separate posts.
RIP Robert.
Probably true. The only thing is that whichever one I post second will get seen a lot more due to the way pages break and I didn't want to downplay either story.
But your point is well taken.Posted 11 Nov 2009 at 10:16 AM by offside33
Updated 11 Nov 2009 at 10:36 AM by Bill Archer -
I wish he would have remembered that he had a wife and daughter.
anyway....
R.I.P.Posted 11 Nov 2009 at 10:17 AM by wheezl 
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I'm sure he did...and that, in some way, he felt they would be better off without him. Such is the nature of despair; it's the loss of hope that anything will change for the better.Quote:Originally Posted by wheezl
I wish he would have remembered that he had a wife and daughter.
anyway....
R.I.P.Posted 11 Nov 2009 at 10:31 AM by Martininho
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I hope Hannover will look after the wife and daughter; sadly life insurance is voided in cases of suicide, adding insult to injury for the survivors.
Posted 11 Nov 2009 at 10:55 AM by Mullet&Talon
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Thoughts and prayers go out to his wife and child. Truly a sad story and I hope he has found peace at last and was reunited with his lost daughter, even if for a moment.
Posted 11 Nov 2009 at 11:11 AM by Morpheus1271
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This Robert Enke individual is one selfish prick!Posted 11 Nov 2009 at 11:38 AM by J.L. Rodroza
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Can't speak for German insurance law, you may be right. Here in the USA, insurance policies are under state law, with variances as you might imagine. Many life insurance policies have a suicide clause that voids the policy, but only if the suicide takes place within a limited period (two years is common) after the date the policy is issued. Depending on timing, it may turn out that there is insurance coverage for his family, independent of any support from club or DFB.Quote:Originally Posted by Mullet&Talon
I hope Hannover will look after the wife and daughter; sadly life insurance is voided in cases of suicide, adding insult to injury for the survivors.
IMHO, such a clause is a reasonable disincentive; both to prevent insurance fraud, and far more important, to encourage someone peeking over the abyss to seek help instead.
NOTE TO SUBSEQUENT POSTERS - This was a factual response to a previous post. I would appreciate if you don't read something into it that isn't there, i.e., I am not an apologist for the insurance industry.Posted 11 Nov 2009 at 11:42 AM by Martininho
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