[Guenevere]

I know some folks will make fun of this..........but I find it very sad.
The kid had a father, and he's heartsick.
Some people aren't careful, or do foolish things or whatever.
Accidents happen.
This is a very sad story.

[weegee]

Yes and the molasses flood was tragic too but it is still an undiginified death.

If he had died getting hit by a forklift, it would not make the news at all. Forklift deaths are only reported nationally when our troops have been deployed to foreign soil and there have been no combatants killed.

[Lurker]

We had a similar death in the area a couple of years ago. A 19 year old, son of the company owner, died when he fell into a machine that added sand to cement. He was standing in it when the bottom fell out.

The father was obviously distraught, so much so that he closed the company.

P