In Memoriam : Sal Wise - "bbsal"

July 8, 2004

It is with great sadness that I must inform you that Sal Wise, who posted as bbsal on our US Lexus forums, passed away on the 17th June 2004, as the result of a blood clot to his heart. Sal struggled medical adversities no man his age should have to deal with, and we are all shocked and saddened by his passing.

Sal was a long time regular visitor to the forums, always happy to help fellow Lexus owners with their problems, or just to chat about their cars.

Sal was also a club official, moderating the ES and GS forums, and making sure that those forums were a fun and pleasant place.

Sal died aged only 26, and leaves behind him his high school sweetheart and wife Michelle and a three year old son, Sal. Michelle is also currently nine months pregnant with their second child.

It would be appreciated if we could use this thread in the ES forum to pay our respects to Sal's memory

Clearly, this is a hard time for Michelle and her family, so I have therefore created a Paypal donation link. It would really be appreciated if you could make a donation to try and help Michelle in this very clear hour of need. The donation link can be found in the memoriam thread

July 13, 2004

Please note that we will be closing down this appeal on Sunday.

all donations will be added together, so it doesn't matter how small your donation is, it will all help a young mother in a very difficult and vulnerable position right now.

If every TOC'er who has read this thread put $10 in, we would have raised over $700 from the TOC alone.

come on guys, lets show our hearts here.