Memory Of Charlie Batch's Slain Sister Lives Through His Youth Foundation

Charlie had posted this on his FB page today...had me in tears. Such an amazing guy.

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Memory Of Charlie Batch's Slain Sister Lives Through His Youth Foundation
Thursday, April 26, 2012 6:15 pmWritten by: Jeff Arnold

There was a time when Charlie Batch couldn't bring himself to drive down West Street in Pittsburgh's Homestead neighborhood because of the pain that welled up inside him every time he did.

West Street isn't unfamiliar territory mind you. West Street is home to Charlie Batch. It leads through his old neighborhood, to his mother's house and takes him by the football field where his road to the NFL began.

For the past 10 years, West Street has been home to Best of the Batch, the educational foundation of the Steelers' veteran quarterback. It's a place where kids go to learn at what they call The Charlie Batch School, where they can work at one of 26 computer stations and where they play basketball, protected from the danger on neighboring streets.

But located in the same area, Homestead Cemetery sits on 22nd Street, an intersection Charlie Batch must pass through when he travels to his mother's home from practice.

It's the plot of land where his sister has been buried for the past 16 years and a cemetery that for a time, he couldn't bring himself to pass by without all of the anger associated with his sister's murder resurfacing from the depths where Danyl Lynn Settles' memory was once buried deep inside Charlie Batch.

http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/good-sports/201204/charlie-batch-sister-danyl-murder-foundation-pittsburgh-homestead-nfl

Hang in there Charlie

This is why I get irritated when I hear people talk crap about Charlie. He's been through some difficult times in his life, and rather than wallowing in his own pain, he's focused his energy on helping others. He has done so much to help people over the years. And he has been a fantastic backup quarterback.

Wallace108 wrote:

This is why I get irritated when I hear people talk crap about Charlie. He's been through some difficult times in his life, and rather than wallowing in his own pain, he's focused his energy on helping others. He has done so much to help people over the years. And he has been a fantastic backup quarterback.

agreed. hell of a back up qb and an even better person