Re: Maui air ambulance crash
One of the victims is the parent of one of my students. It has been a difficult couple of days for that student's classmates and friends, not to mention the student's teachers.
You know, I've seen stories like this countless times, but I never knew how offensive just regular, routine coverage of these things can be for people close to the events. No teenager should have to lose a parent, but to lose one unexpectedly in such a public way, to have complete strangers speaking your parent's name, to know that the front pages of the newspapers feature a picture of a parent you'll never speak to again? That goes beyond sucking, and I can't imagine how much the public nature of this loss adds to what's already an unimaginable ordeal.
I don't blame anyone -- news is news, after all -- but the coverage makes me ill.
One of the victims is the parent of one of my students. It has been a difficult couple of days for that student's classmates and friends, not to mention the student's teachers.
You know, I've seen stories like this countless times, but I never knew how offensive just regular, routine coverage of these things can be for people close to the events. No teenager should have to lose a parent, but to lose one unexpectedly in such a public way, to have complete strangers speaking your parent's name, to know that the front pages of the newspapers feature a picture of a parent you'll never speak to again? That goes beyond sucking, and I can't imagine how much the public nature of this loss adds to what's already an unimaginable ordeal.
I don't blame anyone -- news is news, after all -- but the coverage makes me ill.
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