Just an utter tragedy, compounded several times over with all the accompanying news as was previously said.
Aside from the obvious tragedy the family had to deal with, i remember a handful of things very vividly that I personally experienced.
1st was telling my son what happened. The look of utter despair in his face and then seeing him break down, shook me the most. He's never experienced any loss in his life up to that point, and hearing his favorite player and the reason he plays hockey passed away, was too much for him.
2nd was visiting the memorial when I went to Calgary for work. Sobering and powerful. My son wrote a letter that I laminated and brought along with skittles he bought, and i left it there. I spent probably 45 minutes just taking it in, and reading everything I could.
3rd was all the tributes, but in particular, the one when Sean came back with Columbus. I saw his face in that faceoff and it crushed me.
Last was George Canyon's rendition of Johnny Be Good. I didn't think I could be broken so easily from a song, and I bawled. Typing that and thinking of that song is making me cry again to be honest.
It does bring me happiness seeing the family's updates and how they have moved on. The strength of every one of them is something to behold
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