So hard when people aren't a statistic...

I knew a guy, not incredibly well... but had spent a few hours of one anothers lives talking and whatnot, and I definitely knew the kind of person he was as an outline, his likes and dislikes... where he grew up and what sports he played, etc. He was killed yeserday in a card accident.

It left me feeling, lost and confused. I wasn't directly upset by what happened so far as I didn't cry or break down, though the whole thing made me sad, because of how it would affect his brother and his family... he was a very family orientated guy. And he was so young, only just turned 22. It just, happens every day.. but when it stops being a statistic and becomes someone you used to know, however well... it has something of a deeper impact. I wish it didn't, it's so sad :frown:

I'm not sure why im posting this really, I guess this is the only place it felt relevant to vent..

Reply 1

GreenMonstrosity

Sudden deaths of people you knew are always disturbing and upsetting. And I think your thread title is so poignant because it is so true. We read about it in the newspapers and stuff and it seems so remote until it affects us directly. I am sorry to hear about it. The fact that you simply would never have thought of it happening to anybody close to you - you take it for ranted that they will be a part of your daily landscape for a long time to come - always makes these things so much more upsetting.

Reply 2

Sparkling_Jules

Just after I got my first job one of the guys collapsed at work. I saw him taken away in an ambulance but I assumed he'd be fine, asthma attack or something and he'd forgotten his inhaler... but then a couple of days later I got a phone call from the manager saying he'd died. Apparently he'd had a heart condition and had got blood clots around his heart and just collapsed and died in hospital later that night. I didn't even know him that well but he seemed like he had everything going for him and it was a real shock. Made me think just how precious life is.

Reply 3

Dekota

We all feel down, once in a while.

It's good to share thoughts, for the bad or good.

I'm sure he's happy in God's shrine right now. :smile:

Reply 4

RobbieC

It is that I think... It makes us, above all else, reevaluate how our life is standing at the moment, and what people might think if it were us who had died.. :s-smilie: