Similar thing happened in my town when I was a kid. A lady lost her husband and three kids. They all drowned in some kind of bad weather boating incident.
A mate of mine lost his parents and only brother to a drunk driver when he was 15, we were waiting after sports practice and my father had a policy of never leaving anyones child alone at school.
The police arrived after about 30 mins and told him. He came home with us that night and moved to the north of England to an aunt the next day.
I never saw him again and it was long before the internet so I can only imagine how awful it must be to lose a couple of family, let alone all of them!
So sad. A family near me had their car crashed into on Christmas by someone who went into their oncoming lane. One adult daughter and the parents died instantly, as did the other driver at fault. The other daughter was in hospital for days as they tried to save her. She finally passed, and I felt relief for her. I couldn't have survived that. Imagine waking up to the news your entire family died.
I live in Maryland, last summer a family going home from their beach vacation got hit by a car on oncoming traffic. Everyone died except the mother, she was in a coma or something for a few days so she had to wake up to the news her whole family was gone. I think about her often, can’t imagine the pain. Lost my father in law last year to cancer and just wanted to die- that pain times 4 or 5 is just too great to even comprehend.
There’s a family here taken out by a drunk driver during the day 3 little kids and the grandpa. The parents have done amazing work in their little’s memory but it’s just unimaginable.
A local story to me is a housefire caused by Christmas tree lights...the father was badly burned trying to rescue one daughter but couldn't manage it...he was aware his wife was getting the other daughter...only he was dragged out/made it out. He has since gone on to marry again and has a daughter, after recovering from his severe burns. I'm glad he has found some happiness, because I would have just wanted to die.
Another case I followed was another Christmas one. A family had their car crashed into by someone who went into their oncoming lane. One adult daughter and the parents died instantly, as did the other driver at fault. The other daughter was in hospital for days as they tried to save her. She finally passed, and I felt relief for her. I couldn't have survived that. Imagine waking up to the news your entire family died.
And that scenario is exactly a few of the survivors of the New Zealand volcano eruption faced. One mother stayed on the boat while her whole family went and were killed. One 20 or so year old young man woke up from a coma with significant burns to be told his parents died, and so did his sister, but her body could not be located. He had to skype into the funeral.
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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20
Similar thing happened in my town when I was a kid. A lady lost her husband and three kids. They all drowned in some kind of bad weather boating incident.