Tragic Accident Kills 3 Airline Students

[Reedman63]

Originally Posted by joepole

Have you ever seen pictures of dead children that didn't look sweet and innocent?

"Don't send the one of her confirmation, see if you can find her mug shot from when she got busted building the meth lab!"

As a father of one of the three children, let me assure you that there are no mugshots
Get a life and grow up before your kids do!

[Rough Rider]

Man, hard to even talk about such a subject without getting caught up in it. Especially if you have children of your own.

Life is so freakin' fragile. I remember reading a few years back.. a family, it was like a few brothers and sisters and some friends all driving to freakin' CHURCH on a sunday morning... ALL got taken out by some 18 wheeler.

If that's not enough to pull one's faith right out from under their feet, I don't know what will.

Personally I think such a loss is just too much for one person (parent) to bear.
Words cannot describe my sorrow for this family.

[LateNight]

October can just suck if you ask me. I say that cause I saw the passing of my brother 2 years ago this month. and 2 years before that saw the passing of my oldest brother. Some years before that my father. Each death affected me differently, but my brother who most recently passed away has absolutely been the hardest for me. Someone said it can take TEN years to get over it.. if I get over it in 20 I think I'll consider myself lucky. What keeps me going was my brothers love of life, he didn't wast a single moment, and I know he'd want us all to go on LIVING. So I give it my best.

Man this IS a tough subject.. I need a drink.

[Al Swearengen]

Just a tragedy. Only thing thats certain about this earthly life is that sooner or later it ends. I'll confess to being more or less obsessed with death since my father's passing back in 2000. Since then, I doubt if a single day has gone by that the subject didn't cross my mind. I've always found it the very height of cruelty that we're aware of our own mortality...how fair is that? But I know exactly what my dad would've said about it...he'd have said "who the hell ever said life was fair?", to which I would've replied "I can live with the unfairness of living, its the dying part I object to." Since we all have to die some day wouldn't it have been far kinder to not know it? Would any of us trade our sentience for that blissful ignorance? There are times when I think I would. Scant comfort can be found in the understanding that death is part of life. Thats why we have religion...because nobody wants to believe that this is all there is...that we get one shot at it, and then...oblivion...the cessation of existence. Fortunately for us, creation (Genesis) itself is proof of the existence of God, and if He exists, then ipso facto there really IS hope. Hope that there is a hereafter, where we'll be reunited with our loved ones, never to experience death again. That was His promise... and if anyone's word is worth a damn, it has to be His. If there is any solace for the living, for the survivors, this is where it will be found.

[Isaac-Saxxon]

I agree with Al. One thing is that religion is man made and the Bible and
Christianity is another. It is the question that drives us nuts. What is IT ?
What is life like after our soul leaves this body ? These three young ladies
where fine young ladies from there school to there work in there churches
and love of there families. I know they are home with God and are just fine.
There parents and loved ones still here in the clay shell are the ones that need our prayers.
Isaac

[rhertz]

Originally Posted by Reedman63

As a father of one of the three children, let me assure you that there are no mugshots

My heart goes out to you at this time Reedman. There is so much to say, but then at the same time, little can be said that will ease the pain of such an event. I recall many stages of "shock" followed by "denial", then "anger", and at last, profound sadness. Here it is 20 years later and I'm still not over it, and I never will be I suppose. All I can say is that it is such events that shape our character and try our souls. I have given myself no choice but to grow stronger each day until my turn comes around to prove my physical mortality. When my time comes, I hope I pass the test, and right now is the time to do something about it and work towards that goal.

God Bless you and yours Reedman. I know you will be in a lot of peoples' prayers.

[joepole]

The last stage of grief is acceptance, not sadness.

[rhertz]

Originally Posted by joepole

The last stage of grief is acceptance, not sadness.

I never claimed to have ever reached the final stage. This is something to strive for IMHO on a personal level. Accepting something like this without residual sadness is a measure of faith IMHO. So I guess I still have a ways to go in that regard. Maybe that is what life is all about? (Testing our belief systems?)

[joepole]

How would I feel if someone said I purposely chose a good photo of my dead child? Pretty much no different than if someone said anything else about the photo I chose of my dead child.

[Isabella]

Originally Posted by joepole

How would I feel if someone said I purposely chose a good photo of my dead child? Pretty much no different than if someone said anything else about the photo I chose of my dead child.

YOU ARE ONE SICK PUPPY!!!!

You apparently do not have children. Hmmmm, I wonder who you might be.

[Isaac-Saxxon]

There is not a descent parent in the world that does feel the pain of these parents. The dreaded phone call that all parents fear so much. My spelling
and grammar may be bad but Joepole I would rather have to deal with that than be the one that kicks dirt in the face of people that have just lost the
most precious thing in there life. I am sure you said that off cuff but that does not take away the fact that these where some nice young ladies and
bad things happen to GOOD people. Joepole do you have any kids ?
Isaac