A friend's death.

Last night a guy from my school crashed while driving home from his girlfriends house and he was killed. He was wearing a seatbelt and no alcohol was involved. Its the first time someone I've known really personally has died and i was wondering, have you, OT, experienced something like this and what was it?

Father died when I was 9 from a heart attack/diabetes

Grandmother died old/age alzheimer's when I was 15

Grandfather died of a stroke when I was 17

Good friend died in a hunting accident when I was 18

Someone I knew from school was riding on his motorbike about aged 17, crashed into an ASDA lorry and apprantly fell between it's wheel and got squished from the middle. I was gutted, no actually he was.

Father died when I was 9 from a heart attack/diabetes

Grandmother died old/age alzheimer's when I was 15

Grandfather died of a stroke when I was 17

Good friend died in a hunting accident when I was 18

Atmanix

I don't think the whole gutted thing is very funny...

No, I have never had a friend die.

Grandfather. But i wasnt close to him.

I had a friend die in a car crash last August and my brother died suddenly aged 28 in January of this year.

Guy i knew killed himself after testing positive for drugs and being discharged from the military. Another guy I knew died due to an asthma attack after overdosing on drugs. A girl I dated in high school was stabbed to death in front of her kids by her husband...

Last night a guy from my school crashed while driving home from his girlfriends house and he was killed. He was wearing a seatbelt and no alcohol was involved. Its the first time someone I've known really personally has died and i was wondering, have you, OT, experienced something like this and what was it?

Jph625

Yea, a friend died when I was in college due to a seizure he had in his sleep. I was the one that discovered his body.

It was unsettling, and I miss him pretty much all the time as he was one of my better friends and roommates, butI feel I am stronger as a result. It taught me about death.

Last night a guy from my school crashed while driving home from his girlfriends house and he was killed. He was wearing a seatbelt and no alcohol was involved. Its the first time someone I've known really personally has died and i was wondering, have you, OT, experienced something like this and what was it?

Jph625

Yea, two girls that i knew died in a horrible car accident, along with two others.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/05/grisly-corvette-crash-in-van-nuys-4-killed.html

my father passed away when i was 15 from Leukemia. it sucked big time, and, well, it still sucks.

just this past year i lost several ppl from cancer. my poker buddy almost a year ago. my uncle just a few weeks ago. my long time friend who helped me with obtaining my current job about half a year ago.

about 3 years ago i lost my uncle on my mom's side to an automobile accident.

i could keep going, but i don't think it's neccesary. death sucks when loved one's are ripped from your life due to cancer or accidents...well just about anything.

Well I got a friend in highschool he killed himself because he miserable (not getting into college, parents kicked him out , lived on the streets.

This though me what death means and was it worth it.

Last year was a tough year, I lost my Granny to old age and two good friends. One in a car accident (slippery roads near London) and one due to complications from her diabetes.

I'm sorry to hear that, TC.

I had a friend die in High School. I'm not sure what caused it, but he was found unconcious in his home and he died in hospital the following morning.

A guy I knew killed himself.

I've experienced five deaths so far. My dad died of a heart attack, my only uncle who got hit by a car, a distant relative that was close to me died of cancer, a friend of mine also got hit by a car, and a childhood friend who OD'd

I don't think the whole gutted thing is very funny...

Jph625

I agree, bad pun, that was actually pretty gross.

I haven't dealt with a close friend's death, but I've heard plenty of storys. All I know is it's not easy to get over.

Last night a guy from my school crashed while driving home from his girlfriends house and he was killed. He was wearing a seatbelt and no alcohol was involved. Its the first time someone I've known really personally has died and i was wondering, have you, OT, experienced something like this and what was it?

Jph625

Grandfather from my dad's side of the family died of liver failure when I was 8.

Grandfather from my mom's side of the family died of old age (he was 88, and lived a life with no regrets)

One of my uncles died of cancer at his 60s (he had a very stressful life)

And my grandmother from my dad's side of the family died last year from an infection.

Many family members, many friends, and it never get's better. I had one of my best friends die from brain cancer a few weeks back. Really sucked, sorry for your loss, but you just have to be supportive to the family, remember the good times with him, and move on as best as you can.btaylor2404

Someone I knew from school was riding on his motorbike about aged 17, crashed into an ASDA lorry and apprantly fell between it's wheel and got squished from the middle. I was gutted, no actually he was.

Evil_Saluki

[QUOTE="btaylor2404"]Many family members, many friends, and it never get's better. I had one of my best friends die from brain cancer a few weeks back. Really sucked, sorry for your loss, but you just have to be supportive to the family, remember the good times with him, and move on as best as you can.xaos

Yeah, he died in a shootout with the police after shoplifting. Such a stupid decision he made that night.

When I was 7 I found out I had leukemia. I have spent a lot of time in and out of hospitals and sadly that meant that I made a lot of friends that also had cancer. I've seen a lot of people I was close to die, and it never gets any easier. It is hard to understand why you get to live while these other kids going through the same thing don't.

I was involved in a car crash when I was 14 where a drunk driver slammed into our car, killing my aunt who was driving.

When I was 18 one of the few friends I had overdosed on drugs.

My nephew died of a brain tumor last year. This was probably the hardest death for me to struggle through. I think I'm going to cry just writing about it. He was only 6.

Other than that I have had a few older family members pass away, and even though it was still painful for me, it was nice to know that they at least got to live a full life.

I wish you the best, TC. Hang in there.

This thread is makin' me sad. :(

grandfather, grandmother and uncle..that's about it.

i also remember this year, a senior in our high school died by brain stroke. Never really knew the guy since i am a junior but the school mourned his death. He was like 2 months away from graduating. it's really sad.

I don't think the whole gutted thing is very funny...

Jph625

This thread is depressing. A friend of mine killed himself 4 years ago when I was 16.

Last night a guy from my school crashed while driving home from his girlfriends house and he was killed. He was wearing a seatbelt and no alcohol was involved. Its the first time someone I've known really personally has died and i was wondering, have you, OT, experienced something like this and what was it?

Jph625

6 people i knew died of car crashes in high school, grandmother in 2002, grandfather in 2004, son in 2005, two uncles in 2006, wife in 2008. My empathy for your loss, and hope you never experience enough of it that you start to feel numb about it. About every school offers free counseling in circumstances such as this, and if you think you need it, you should take it. CreasianDevaili

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Last night a guy from my school crashed while driving home from his girlfriends house and he was killed. He was wearing a seatbelt and no alcohol was involved. Its the first time someone I've known really personally has died and i was wondering, have you, OT, experienced something like this and what was it?

CreasianDevaili