degrees of separation

This morning I caught very little of the news in hopes of seeing the weather (didn't actually get to see the weather).

One story on the local rabbit ear stations was about a Med Flight crash in Wisconsin.

My first thought was "was this after dropping someone off or on the way"... sad, tragic, that three people who have a career in helping people in critical situations lost their life in one.

Then,

Catching up on blog-o-sphere, a compatriot in Cyclocross wrote an entry about loss. And reading Greg's emotional words makes the tragedy strike home even deeper. Certainly it is a small magnitude of tragedy compared to the losses in Myanmar and China. Or even the spread of twisters yesterday here in the USA. Each victim has a story. But many of us can walk around unimpacted by the loss on a personal level. If we each internalized the tragic death around us on a daily basis we would be emotional crippled.

My thoughts go out to Greg and his family's loss, and I will spend a moment of reflection on the sadness caused by the magnitude of the loss of life from unexpected circumstances.

It makes you realize (hopefully) just how precious our time on earth is, and that we really shouldn't even take for granted even a minute or two spent with loved ones.

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