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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#41
Trauma story. When I was 13 I was visiting a friend in British Columbia. Our parents got us dirt bikes, DS 80's, best start to the summer. It was about 10 am, we were going to the lake. take the same trail that we did for the last couple of weeks. We go to cross the highway, you have to go up an incline, I stalled my bike. Jeremy kept going, when I crested over the hill I saw that all the traffic has stopped. Jeremy's bike was 20 30m down the highway and he was laying motionless on the other side. When I got to him he was already d**d. The wierd thing there was hardly any blood.
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18points
#42
Parkinson’s disease. Watching someone who was once a pillar in the community and a captain of industry just crumble is just difficult to witness.
17points
#43
My BIL. My sister was finally happy after a terrible first marriage. He was an amazing dad, they had a two year old together.
He went out for a spin on his Harley and ended up pushed into a ditch. He walked away with no major injuries but sore ribs so they went to the hospital to check that.... And he has a window maker heat attack and died in the hospital. The minor accident dislodged a plaque and that was it. 38 years old and just gone.
He went out for a spin on his Harley and ended up pushed into a ditch. He walked away with no major injuries but sore ribs so they went to the hospital to check that.... And he has a window maker heat attack and died in the hospital. The minor accident dislodged a plaque and that was it. 38 years old and just gone.
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17points
#44
A friend of a friend was cutting his grass with his riding mower. His young son who was riding with him fell off… you can imagine the rest. One of the most tragic and f****d up things I could ever imagine. The parents have done an incredible job creating a legacy with playgrounds and parks in the child’s name. I can’t imagine their pain, so to try to build something positive from it is more strength than I can imagine.
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#45
A work colleague told me the story of how her brother had died many years previous. Riding a motorbike, he pulled up at the lights, went to put his foot down on the ground, but his shoe lace was snagged around the footpeg, so he just fell over, & was run over by a truck.
16points
#46
My one year old baby cousin died from a brain tumor.
When I was in elementary school, a girl a grade or two younger than me died unexpectedly from an asthma attack. We all knew her and she was well liked.
In high school, a girl who was pretty popular (and whom I had know since I started school there in 5th grade) died in an ATV accident on the second to last day of school. Her boyfriend survived.
My grandmother died by s*****e when I was 18.
I’ve had many of the kids I’ve worked with d*e from varying causes. Accidents, s**cides, ODs, m****r.
When I was in elementary school, a girl a grade or two younger than me died unexpectedly from an asthma attack. We all knew her and she was well liked.
In high school, a girl who was pretty popular (and whom I had know since I started school there in 5th grade) died in an ATV accident on the second to last day of school. Her boyfriend survived.
My grandmother died by s*****e when I was 18.
I’ve had many of the kids I’ve worked with d*e from varying causes. Accidents, s**cides, ODs, m****r.
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15points
#47
My uncle was a real estate agent. He was showing a house and fell down a flight of stairs. He died from head trauma.
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14points
#48
Maybe not for the individual, but for everyone they were with. Actually, two different events that ended pretty similarly.
The first is that there were a set of triplets who I knew through church while growing up. When they were all only 14, their mom decided to lay down on the train tracks.
The second is that 4 of my old friends who I used to party with almost every night were hanging out, driving around, then stopped at a train crossing while the gates were down. Without any real warning, one of them swiftly got out of the car, simply said "seeya later," then stepped in front of the oncoming train.
Another one that might not count cos I didn't actually know the person, but they were a friend of a friend: One of my closest friends told me about a party they went to back when they lived in Virginia, where the hosts family had a really big house, but his fam was out of town. On the first day of the party, the host of the party locked himself in an enclosed living room/study area n sh*t himself. Some people were allegedly alarmed at the sound, but didn't look into it further. My friend claimed that they were there for 3 days with people partying the whole time before leaving. Allegedly no one realized he was actually d**d until the family came back n discovered his body.
The first is that there were a set of triplets who I knew through church while growing up. When they were all only 14, their mom decided to lay down on the train tracks.
The second is that 4 of my old friends who I used to party with almost every night were hanging out, driving around, then stopped at a train crossing while the gates were down. Without any real warning, one of them swiftly got out of the car, simply said "seeya later," then stepped in front of the oncoming train.
Another one that might not count cos I didn't actually know the person, but they were a friend of a friend: One of my closest friends told me about a party they went to back when they lived in Virginia, where the hosts family had a really big house, but his fam was out of town. On the first day of the party, the host of the party locked himself in an enclosed living room/study area n sh*t himself. Some people were allegedly alarmed at the sound, but didn't look into it further. My friend claimed that they were there for 3 days with people partying the whole time before leaving. Allegedly no one realized he was actually d**d until the family came back n discovered his body.
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#49
There was a guy I knew in Chicago that rode the Metra everyday into work. Sat in the same seat every ride. One day that seat was occupied so he took another for the ride into downtown. A semi truck got into a wreck near the tracks and a big spool of steel came off the trailer, hit a train car and k****d him in a seat he would have normally never been in.
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13points
#50
It’s either hitting their head on a sink or dying from CJ Disease (Human Mad Cow Disease) a week after receiving a diagnosis.
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12points
#51
A guy I went to school with was backpacking in Australia. He and his friends had a BBQ on the beach somewhere in the North of the country, after the BBQ he fell asleep on the beach and his friends thought it would be "funny" to leave him on the beach and all went back to the hostel.
When they got back to the hostel they found out that saltwater crocs were in that area, so they rushed back to get him and couldn't find him anywhere. Police came etc, full search and rescue and eventually it was established he was eaten by crocodiles.
I cannot imagine just how scary that must have been for him to wake up to being attacked by the croc(s). We weren't close but he was a good laugh and no one deserves to d*e in that way.
When they got back to the hostel they found out that saltwater crocs were in that area, so they rushed back to get him and couldn't find him anywhere. Police came etc, full search and rescue and eventually it was established he was eaten by crocodiles.
I cannot imagine just how scary that must have been for him to wake up to being attacked by the croc(s). We weren't close but he was a good laugh and no one deserves to d*e in that way.
11points
#52
A girl I went to school with was on the school golf team and a tree fell on her on while on the golf course.
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11points
#55
Not entirely tragic in some crazy way, but I knew a your guy (25yrs) who died from pulmonary embolism at home after injured leg surgery. Crazy how fragile life can get sometimes :(. One day you are chilling home after surgery, playing video games with friends and they you just d*e during night.
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11points
#56
A family acquaintance's only son died in a freak accident. An electrical pole was being fixed in their area and whoever or whatever is holding it up, suddenly lost grip of it and it fell. Among the kids playing around at that time, he was the only one who didn't manage to get away. This happened in the few days after Christmas and before his 7th or 8th birthday.
Also had a former classmate who got abducted and sh*t in the head at close range just last year. The m****r happened at an abandoned lot in a completely different city and the only witness kept on giving different statements so safe to say that his case will sadly never be solved.
Also had a former classmate who got abducted and sh*t in the head at close range just last year. The m****r happened at an abandoned lot in a completely different city and the only witness kept on giving different statements so safe to say that his case will sadly never be solved.
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11points
#57
My grandpa’s friend turned his head into a half-eaten cherry pie by diving straight in a boat motor whilst drunk.
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8points
