Losing a loved one is never easy. Regardless of whether it’s expected or sudden, the pain of grief can be extremely intense. But it can be a bit easier to accept that someone is gone when they had the opportunity to live a long, happy, and healthy life. And it can be extra devastating when a person’s life is suddenly cut short.
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#21
Someone I know broke his ankle and went to the hospital and died of covid that he caught there after they subsequently broke his wrist trying to move him without enough help (that he warned them about).
25points
#22
Had a friend in high school that got pinned between his dream car trans am and a tree. He was alive for 3 hours or so alone. All he was doing was checking on the cows. We were sophomores. RIP Jake.
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#23
He suffered a heart attack after helping his eldery mother stack her firewood for the winter. He wasn't feeling well after so he went to take a nap on his mother's couch, and never woke up. The guilt that poor woman felt...she kept saying over and over that if she hadn't asked him for help, her son would still be alive.
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#24
I knew girl who was a little older than me- she was my neighbor and a very nice girl. We used to ride bikes together with the other neighborhood kids.
When she was a child, her parent accidentally ran over her arm with a lawnmower. She survived this, however her arm was deformed and could not grow muscle correctly, her arm was the size of the child she was when the accident happened and had visible scar tissue. She was also very beautiful.
She was teased relentlessly by her peers and she suffered debilitating depression. Her parents were very religious and instead of taking her for legitimate treatment, she spoke only to her pastor.
She had a pool party at her home and gave some of her few friends teddy bears (they were white and holding hearts in their hands) and said, “no matter what, all of my love is in these bears”. She hanged her self that evening and her brother, who was a friend of my brother, found her. We could hear the family and saw the aftermath. It was f*****g tragic and I still have that bear.
When she was a child, her parent accidentally ran over her arm with a lawnmower. She survived this, however her arm was deformed and could not grow muscle correctly, her arm was the size of the child she was when the accident happened and had visible scar tissue. She was also very beautiful.
She was teased relentlessly by her peers and she suffered debilitating depression. Her parents were very religious and instead of taking her for legitimate treatment, she spoke only to her pastor.
She had a pool party at her home and gave some of her few friends teddy bears (they were white and holding hearts in their hands) and said, “no matter what, all of my love is in these bears”. She hanged her self that evening and her brother, who was a friend of my brother, found her. We could hear the family and saw the aftermath. It was f*****g tragic and I still have that bear.
24points
#25
You know when you're a kid and your parents tell you you can't jump straight into the pool because the temperature shock is bad for you, but you do it anyway cause you know it's b******t?
yeah, turns out if you're 82 the temperature shock will straight up k**l you. rip grandpa
edit: i didn't realize so many people didn't know about temperature shock, glad i'm spreading the knowledge. in a similar vein, another man i knew (around age 75) chugged an ice cold beer after a hike on a really hot day, turned to his wife, said "i f****d up" and dropped d**d. so also don't do that.
yeah, turns out if you're 82 the temperature shock will straight up k**l you. rip grandpa
edit: i didn't realize so many people didn't know about temperature shock, glad i'm spreading the knowledge. in a similar vein, another man i knew (around age 75) chugged an ice cold beer after a hike on a really hot day, turned to his wife, said "i f****d up" and dropped d**d. so also don't do that.
23points
#26
Her fiance’s uncle drunkenly crashed his boat into a buoy over the 4th of july weekend. She was ejected and drowned. She was supposed to get married a month later and was buried in her wedding dress. She was an insanely kind, popular, intelligent, and beautiful girl.
23points
#27
As a new nurse, we had a patient from Egypt visiting his kids. He got pneumonia and was admitted to our hospital. Not knowing his allergy list, we gave him antibiotics that caused a severe reaction. This lead to a very long stay in the ICU where he progressively declined. He was trach’d PEG’d, ventilator dependent, on vasopressors and on sedation. He developed pressure ulcers and multiple infections.
Family decided to withdrawal care because dad wouldn’t want to live like this. His entire US family surrounded his bed the day we withdrew care. Halfway through, he immediately wakes up with eyes so big in shock. This was the first time he’d opened his eyes and responded to any stimulation in a month. Familybstarted screaming as they saw their dad staring at them as he couldn’t breathe. He started pulling at lines and thrashing in the bed. One daughter screamed to the doctor to do something so he gave more morphine until he was too high to care. Family left traumatized. It was the worst withdrawal of care I’ve witnessed to this day.
Family decided to withdrawal care because dad wouldn’t want to live like this. His entire US family surrounded his bed the day we withdrew care. Halfway through, he immediately wakes up with eyes so big in shock. This was the first time he’d opened his eyes and responded to any stimulation in a month. Familybstarted screaming as they saw their dad staring at them as he couldn’t breathe. He started pulling at lines and thrashing in the bed. One daughter screamed to the doctor to do something so he gave more morphine until he was too high to care. Family left traumatized. It was the worst withdrawal of care I’ve witnessed to this day.
23points
#28
My sons body was found in a national forest. No d***s, alcohol, s*******m or foul play. He literally succumbed to the elements. Had schizophrenia. Lost. Confused. Alone. And slow.
23points
#29
My uncle worked his a*s of for about four decades to really make sure he would have a comfortable retirement, and while he was generous to his family financially, he was always thrifty and seldom splurges for himself.
He's working his last year to qualify for 20 years on his last company, then he got cancer and not only was he unable to qualify for the 20 years, all of his savings went down the drain as well with all the treatments and he didn't even make it.
Like just a year more to the finish line and fate said f**k you, that's why.
He's working his last year to qualify for 20 years on his last company, then he got cancer and not only was he unable to qualify for the 20 years, all of his savings went down the drain as well with all the treatments and he didn't even make it.
Like just a year more to the finish line and fate said f**k you, that's why.
23points
#30
I have a pretty messed up one. My dad had brain cancer, which really s***s on its own. By the end he had become mute and unable to walk, confused a lot. They had him on experimental d***s for the tumors and Im very grateful for them because he was given six months at diagnosis and we got two years. However, the last one he was on has some really nasty side effects. He had what I consider to be the worst thing that could happen to a man. The d***s caused him to get gangrene in his genitals. Unfortunately it was the last thing his body could handle and it’s what lead to his last hospital visit. He was a really great man. So compassionate and funny and always had people swarming around him to hear one of his jokes or just be in his light. It was devastating to see him go like that. I remember sitting in the hall of his room, waiting for the rest of our family. He was asleep and I was just bawling because I knew it was the end. Nurse came to tell me everything woukd be okay and I told her no it wouldn’t. She didn’t argue, didn’t comfort me. Just patted me on the back and let me cry because she knew she couldn’t convince me otherwise. It’s devastating when someone so big and kind in life gets such a excruciating and demeaning exit. He absolutely deserved better. .
22points
#31
A friend of mine knew a guy who used his foot to push a stuck branch into a wood chipper and it sucked him in. His friend was not able to turn it off. There was literally nothing left of him.
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#32
Died of an allergic reaction to peanuts during their best friend’s wedding.
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#33
A girl I went to highschool with went to the beach with her parents and her brother (I think it was in the summer of our second highschool year). She went swimming and got into trouble due to the strong currents. Her dad and mom both went in to help her, but also got into trouble. Then the brother went in, and saved his sister - but both parents sadly drowned.
22points
#34
I had a friend in high schools whose stepdad got his pants leg caught in a grain bin auger and it pulled him into it. He was alive for a few hours while they tried to rescue him but he died from his injuries. I just can’t imagine being stuck alive and awake knowing your chances were slim.
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#35
A friend of mine passed away choking on a piece of steak.
He had excused himself to the bathroom bc he didnt want to look stupid hacking up dinner. Our friend found him 5 mins later d**d.
He had excused himself to the bathroom bc he didnt want to look stupid hacking up dinner. Our friend found him 5 mins later d**d.
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22points
#36
I worked with a PA at an entertainment show in NY years ago. He was a sweet goofy guy who was literally the happiest, friendliest person you could ever possibly meet. Honestly he wasn’t great at the job, but the bosses wouldn’t fire him because everyone all loved him too much.
He made a short film called ¡Capicu! about dominoes with his friends from the Bronx - a pre-Chappelle Show Donnell Rawlings was in it. It ended up winning a prize at a small local festival, and then it got accepted into the Havana Film Festival, which was the biggest thing that ever happened to him by far. As a guy who always told us he was going to be a filmmaker, it was his dream come true. People at the show were so happy for him they bought him a suit and new shoes for the trip. I gave him a new Palm Pilot to help with his networking. On the plane down he was handing out business cards and the crew let him screen his film for the whole flight.
His first night in Havana he went out with some strangers he’d just met, and people warned him they seemed sketchy but he trusted everyone. They found him on the street the next morning robbed of everything, even his new shoes, with no memory of what happened. He died in the hospital six days later before the film could be screened at the festival. Nobody ever figured out exactly what happened. He was 33 with a wife and two little kids.
He made a short film called ¡Capicu! about dominoes with his friends from the Bronx - a pre-Chappelle Show Donnell Rawlings was in it. It ended up winning a prize at a small local festival, and then it got accepted into the Havana Film Festival, which was the biggest thing that ever happened to him by far. As a guy who always told us he was going to be a filmmaker, it was his dream come true. People at the show were so happy for him they bought him a suit and new shoes for the trip. I gave him a new Palm Pilot to help with his networking. On the plane down he was handing out business cards and the crew let him screen his film for the whole flight.
His first night in Havana he went out with some strangers he’d just met, and people warned him they seemed sketchy but he trusted everyone. They found him on the street the next morning robbed of everything, even his new shoes, with no memory of what happened. He died in the hospital six days later before the film could be screened at the festival. Nobody ever figured out exactly what happened. He was 33 with a wife and two little kids.
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20points
#37
Crushed by a downed tree. They were cutting an uprooted tree and it started to roll 1 guy ran one way the other ran the other and the tree rolled on him.
I don’t like sharing tragedy p**n but I feel like this is something people should know about when cutting a downed tree. You think it’s safe because the tree is on the ground but it’s not, especially if it’s propped up on the root.
I don’t like sharing tragedy p**n but I feel like this is something people should know about when cutting a downed tree. You think it’s safe because the tree is on the ground but it’s not, especially if it’s propped up on the root.
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#38
I just found out last week that someone I used to hang out with in HS a lot was hit by a drunk driver in the town I used to live in. He was so sweet. I literally thought of him randomly and was like "oh I'll see what he's up to!" and found his obituary with his photo and everything.
19points
#39
When I was in 6th grade, there was a younger boy who set next to me on the bus. One day in spring he didn't show up. Turns out his family went ice fishing, ice broke he went in the river and was swept downriver under the ice.
Family friends son went hunting at 19, got mad at his Dad and stormed off into the Alaskan wilderness, never found after extension searching with people and dogs.
Family friends son went hunting at 19, got mad at his Dad and stormed off into the Alaskan wilderness, never found after extension searching with people and dogs.
18points
#40
Skydiving. One of my good friends died. They let her go solo on her second jump ever. Her lines got tangled and she spiraled till she hit the ground. Her body lived for several more hours but she was gone.
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