As someone who has dealt with a few tragic, untimely deaths in my life, all I can say to those in this thread that lost friends, is be there unconditionally for the surviving family.
Right now isn't about why, or how.... non of that reverses the situation. It is about supporting the people greatest affected by this now, the living victims that called these bright young people their children, brothers and sisters.
In time, all the details will come out of why, and there will be plenty of time for anger. But for the foreseeable future, all there is is sorrow, sadness, loneliness..... emptiness. Help these mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters heal. I am not a religious man, but just a hand on the shoulder, and the presence of a friend, can help heal the incredible hurt these people will be feeling inside.
I am terribly saddened for what has happened to your friends. This is just unspeakable. But you can continue to do right onto them, by touching the hearts of those who will miss them the most. Just because they are gone, doesn't mean you can't still be there for them.
RIP to all involved.
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