You need to get your bearings. The victims were all under five, have little family in the area and are all Buddhists. Who are we going to remind - their crazy father in prison? Forget this, let it go and do something worthwhile like naming something after the 58,000 men who died in Vietnam so they could come here to live.

I am so glad that I don't share the same opinion as you.

Have you ever held a child? Have you ever played around with a kid who hung onto you for dear life when they thought they were going to fall out of your arms? Now imagine leaning over a bridge and plucking FOUR children from your own arms to throw them to their death.

I don't care WHO they were, how OLD they were, what RELIGION they were, or the SIZE of their family. The fact of the matter is that they were brutally murdered and it is disgusting that you think memorializing the babies and showing respect is not worthwhile because of who they were.

I DONT THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE OF THE MEMORIES.. HOW ABOUT HANGING THE SICK O OFF THE SIDE OF THE BRIDGE AND LEAVE HIM THERE.. THEN NAME THE BRIDGE AFTER HIM.. (SICK O BRIDGE).. THESE 4 BABYS NEED TO BE REMEMBERED.. ITS JUST GOING TO BRING THE MEMORIES BACK AND IT SO SAD ITS GOING TO BE DEPRESSING TO DRIVE OVER THE BRIDGE......

To all of you out there don't you think that instead of renaming the bridge, we need to focus on maybe trying to get a fence put up so that we can avoid this tragedy again. Renaming the bridge will not bring back those 4 little children but a fence would prevent this from ever happening again... Maybe this is where we need to direct our focus to..

mr. Luong is NO Father ! Those four babies are now home with their REAL father !!
and luong will never hurt them again!!
As far as the name change of DIP bridge ...why not a simple sign ** Angel's Pass **
And for all the murders in prison complaining about cruel punishment at the time of being put to death !
I think they should all be treated as followed.........Put them to sleep and remove all ues-able body parts and give to those that are dying and need them .... If you take life you should have to give it back !!!
God bless this mother in her time of suffering!!!


Cecil Williams
Semmes, Alabama

I am an Dauphin Island resident and I do not feel the bridge needs to renamed. When crossing the bridge twice this week my heart was broken, last week I could not bring myself to cross the bridge. I know the whole county morns for the childern, but it is exceptionally hard on the Island and the Bayou residents. I believe we should upgrade the Bay Front Park and rename it "Four Angels Park" , all childern in the area would benifit from this park.

murphygrad - 15 January 2008 08:30 PM

We're jumping the gun on a petition to rename the bridge. As I see it, only two groups have a say in the matter - Kieu Phan and her family, and the residents of Dauphin Island. The rest of us ought to stay out of it, because as sad as we all are, it's none of our business. Let's allow the family and the islanders to make this very personal decision by themselves. Let's be Christians and not judge anyone here. I can't even imagine what the family is going through. Neither can I imagine what it would be like to be reminded of one of the worst murders in the state every single day I drove home from work. God bless the family.

I agree with you 100%. To rename the bridge should be up to the family of the victims. In my opinion, to rename the bridge would be a reminder every time you cross it that 4 Lil' angels were thrown off this bridge. The evil person that did this "terrible thing," would get his recognition also. There can be other ways to do a memorabilia for the children. I think that should come from the family.

I also agree with you 100%. We should not be reminded of this tragedy with renaming the bridge. But it should be up to the family and Dauphin Island. Besides, Lam the "Loser and Murderer" said he wanted to be famous...and WE SURE would not won't him to have a bridge renamed after this senseless and unforgettable tragedy he caused, as he would more than likely believe that by renaming the bridge would be that of a honor for/to him.

Thanks. That is so true!

Since there are so many that feel the other tragedies on this bridge should also be remembered, why not name it Angel Bridge. That way it will honor the memory of anyone whose life was lost as well as these children.

I do not think the Dauphin Island Bridge should be renamed. Are we going to re-name it when another murderer - looking for attention - does this again? This would only cause bad memories for a lot of people. Why should we give this murderous father the fame that he wanted when he took these childrens' lives? They were children so why not have a park 'for children' in their honor? Somewhere that could bring joy instead of grief.