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I will probably be accused of being an athiest troll, but I have to wonder where God
is when horrible, stupid things like this happen. Does God have a plan for everything?

I'm certainly no theologian, but I think there is an interesting passage in
Luke, Chapter 13, in which Jesus is asked about people dying in governmental
persecutions or accidents (the falling of a tower).
I'm suprised I haven't heard this passage addressed more in church, but I'll take a stab
at trying to explain what Jesus said.

To quickly sum up, he said that the people who perished didn't necessarily lose their lives
because they were evil.
BUT...people should take note of these sort of "unexpected exits" and
prepare themselves for the possiblity that they might be felled by similar freak accidents.

In other words "get right with God", because you might just not have a split-second
to clean up your life here before being taken away.

That's just my amateur exegesis of the passage...I'd gladly welcome correction/amplification
from other posters/lurkers.