It's sort of comforting to know that this has happened to so many people.
I had an experience this year where an acquaintance of mine from college was struck by a vehicle and killed about a half mile from my work. We both had the same major, and worked in the same industry. I came home that night to find it all over facebook. I think the fact of how I found out, coupled with the fact it happened -right- by me shook me up. Furthermore, the next day riding the subway downtown, I saw my friend's picture over the shoulder of someone reading the newspaper. I just about lost it, it was terrible.
She was one of those people that I had met, and had classes with, but was definitely a "I will probably know this person at some point, we have mutual friends, she seems interesting!" person to me.
I only really began to get over the strange, awkward, second-hand grief when I attended the candlelight vigil and saw mutual friends and professors.
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On You Have One New Death
It's sort of comforting to know that this has happened to so many people.
I had an experience this year where an acquaintance of mine from college was struck by a vehicle and killed about a half mile from my work. We both had the same major, and worked in the same industry. I came home that night to find it all over facebook. I think the fact of how I found out, coupled with the fact it happened -right- by me shook me up. Furthermore, the next day riding the subway downtown, I saw my friend's picture over the shoulder of someone reading the newspaper. I just about lost it, it was terrible.
She was one of those people that I had met, and had classes with, but was definitely a "I will probably know this person at some point, we have mutual friends, she seems interesting!" person to me.
I only really began to get over the strange, awkward, second-hand grief when I attended the candlelight vigil and saw mutual friends and professors.
Seeing a professor cry, it's horrible.