A few years ago my parents had this family over for dinner who had recently immigrated to Canada, and needed a little help. They seemed like a great family, with very hard working kids and parents who worked multiple jobs to keep things together.
One day, the mom and two kids were driving to a birthday lunch for their son (who had brought a friend along), when she ran through an intersection and into the path of an oncoming truck. All of mom, daughter, son, son's friend, and the driver of the truck were killed.....leaving only the dad, who had been at work at the time. It was an extremely sad situation to be left in. (some people might remember the story on the news, it happened in Lethbridge).
A while ago I was wondering what happened to the father since then, and asked my parents. Apparently the father hung on for about a year, and then committed suicide....he just couldn't take it anymore.
This recent news event reminded me of all this. Awful stuff.
Last edited by Table 5; 12-10-2008 at 05:39 PM.
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