February 21, 2006 10:35 PM
A Community Mourns
My community has been mourning for a week now, for the same reason that communities across the country have mourned at one time or another. A story that reads almost same, over and over again, year after year. A perfectly normal Monday. High school students riding in a car after a team practice. A curvy road, excessive speed, a hill, trees. Impact. A moment. A single, sad, moment in time that changed everything.
Four boys alive, but one didn’t make it. At school, teenagers sat in the halls and cried. They drew pictures and typed bible verses and walked around in a daze. Some were angry, some felt guilty, and some didn’t feel at all.
Signs in front of neighborhood stores spell out the grief. “R.I.P”. And they ask us: “Pray for the families”.
We pray. And we weep.
Comments
Hi,
This happened to my graduating class. There was a similar car accident during the beginning of the school year. One guy made it, the other didn't. It was tough. The whole school mourned. It's so sad when it happens to someone so young. Hopefully the other students will learn something from this tragedy.
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Posted by: T. at February 22, 2006 10:40 AM
