Saturday, April 7, 2018

Tragedy In Canada

1 second. Most car accidents could have been avoided if a driver was slower or faster by 1 second.
In Saskatchewan, Canada, 15 coaches, players, volunteers and media were killed when a semi-trailer T-bone a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team.
From the Saskatoon River Phoenix:
A 15th person has died after a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team collided with a semi-trailer unit north of Tisdale.
RCMP initially said 14 people had died Friday in the crash, but on Saturday afternoon, police said in a news release that another person had died.
Fourteen others on the bus were injured, three critically. The RCMP initially reported there were 28 people on the bus, but corrected that number Saturday morning to 29. The driver of the semi was not injured.
http://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/humboldt-broncos-bus-involved-in-highway-crash
This hit several different ways.
I used to play high school sports and also coached at different schools and have traveled hundreds of times on busses and we have had several close calls. 
I also lived in northern Montana and visited Saskatchewan several times.  It's generally flat and mostly farm land.  
I also have lived in small towns and a tragedy of this magnitude will have devasting effects on the town and in Saskatchewan. 
Finally, I have worked with young athletes and many of those injured have devasting injuries including paralysis. And then you will have emotional effects as well, such as survivor guilt for the rest of their lives.  The athletes were in great physical and mental shape and now their lives will be forever changed.  The same can also be said of the first responders and passerbyers who are mostly volunteers and saw death and destruction and that will haunt them forever.
1 damn second.

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