We had a couple of 16 year olds die in separate car wrecks in HS, back in early 70’s. And then I had a friend and his wife die in a wreck when I was 19. It does change your outlook on life as a teenager.............
Yep
One of my closest pals died in a small plane crash in the Mississippi delta in fall 1982
Scouting deer at camp ....low wing stall in a Cessna 150 in a bean field near the headwaters of the Yazoo
https://www.fws.gov/refuge/Mathews_Brake/about.html
That death and subsequent funeral prompted me to find business to see the world and adventure for the next 20 years pretty much ....and I did