kparker15
05-28-2004, 09:15 AM
I wanted to share this story with you all. Last week, an 18 year old high school senior was killed when his vehicle struck a tree. What made the accident most disturbing was he hed graduated high school that evening. In our community, there is an activity called "project graduation" in which the graduating class stays overnight at the high school and participates in fun activities. Everyone attends, even some of the parents. It seems that on his way home from "project graduation", he apparently fell asleep and struck the tree. He was killed on impact even though he was wearing his seatbelt. The accident occured around 200 yards from my home. His parents were the second ones on the scene. The timing of this tradgedy rocked our small community.
Our community is in the bible belt and things like this tend to question ones' faith. Why did this happen? Why did it happen at this time? Why would god allow this? These were questions that many, including myself were asking. Over 5,000 people were at his funeral as he was a well-known and well-liked young man. One of the most ironic things was a slide show with photos of him during his life that played during visitation and the funeral. Some of the photos were taken during project graduation, just hours before his death.
This morning, one week after he was killed, lightning struck the tree at the base and the tree fell. The family was obviously devastated and could not decide on what to do with the tree. There were scores of flowers, ect. around the tree. Someone somewhere made the decision for them. I am a christian and this reinforces my beliefs. Please do not make this thread into a religious debate, I just wanted to share this story.
Our community is in the bible belt and things like this tend to question ones' faith. Why did this happen? Why did it happen at this time? Why would god allow this? These were questions that many, including myself were asking. Over 5,000 people were at his funeral as he was a well-known and well-liked young man. One of the most ironic things was a slide show with photos of him during his life that played during visitation and the funeral. Some of the photos were taken during project graduation, just hours before his death.
This morning, one week after he was killed, lightning struck the tree at the base and the tree fell. The family was obviously devastated and could not decide on what to do with the tree. There were scores of flowers, ect. around the tree. Someone somewhere made the decision for them. I am a christian and this reinforces my beliefs. Please do not make this thread into a religious debate, I just wanted to share this story.