“Oakland’s Laney College Mourns Veteran Coach John Beam After Reported Campus Shooting Incident”
Oakland – The Oakland and football communities aik gehri udaasi ka izhar kar rahe hain kyunki 66-saal ke mashhoor coach aur mentor John Beam ka inteqal ho gaya. Beam ko Laney College ke campus par goli lagne ka waqia report kiya gaya, jiske baad unhein hospital pohanchaya gaya, lekin Oakland Police ke mutabiq woh Friday ki subah zakhmon ke sabab chal base. Police ne is waqia ko “bohot hee targeted situation” qarar diya, aur subah hi aik shakhs ko Oakland ke bahar giraftaar kiya gaya.
Beam ne takreeban do dasteehon par mushtamil apni professional zindagi Laney College ko de di. 2004 mein assistant coach ke taur par shamil hue, 2012 mein head coach bane, aur baad mein athletic director ke farz anjaam dete rahe. Apne khel safar mein Beam ne 20 khilariyon ko NFL tak pohanchne mein rehnumai ki, jo unki coaching aur mentorship ka wazeh saboot hai.
Beam ke khandan ne aik bayaan mein gehri soagamdi ka izhar kiya:
“Hum bohot mayoos aur dil-shikasta hain. John Beam — hamare mehboob shohar, walid, dada, bhai, chacha, coach, mentor aur dost — ab hamare darmiyan nahi rahe. Hum sab ka shukriya ada karte hain jo unki zindagi aur kaam se mutasir hue.”
Peralta Community College District ki Chancellor Tammeil Gilkerson ne bhi unki wafaat par gehera dukh zahir kiya. Unka kehna tha:
“Main alfaaz mein apna dukh bayan nahi kar sakta, lekin saath hi un lamhon ka shukar guzar hoon jo mujhe unke saath kaam karne ka mauqa mila. John ne mujhe hansaya, kabhi kabhi challenge kiya, aur hamesha behtari ki taraf dhakela.”
Beam ko intehayi shohrat Netflix ke show Last Chance U ke season 5 mein dikhne ke baad mili, jahan unki coaching style, discipline aur talaba ke liye unki mehnat ko dikhaya gaya. Un ke saath kaam karne wale log unhein ek aise mentor ke taur par yaad karte hain jo players ke zindagi ke mushkil hisson mein bhi unka saath dete the — sirf football nahi, balki unki taleem aur zindagi ke faislon mein bhi rehnumai karte.
Society ke log, pichlay players aur fans baday taadad mein social media par tributes share kar rahe hain. Aik former player ne kaha:
“Woh sirf coach nahi the — hum mein se bohoton ke liye woh aik rehnuma aur rasty dikhane wale the.”
John Beam ki wafaat Oakland ki khel aur taleemi community ke liye aik bara nuqsan hai. Unki zindagi aur kaam logon ko yaad dilata hai ke aik fard kitni gehri asar andazi kar sakta hai. Authorities ab bhi is waqia ki tafteesh jaari rakhay hue hain.
