Yeah. I am in a cantankerous mood tonight. Even when I hit “post” I didn’t like the tone. I understand recognizeable names bring trageties closer to home, but we always seem to collectively grieve the big names, while all the regular people are overlooked.
>> but we always seem to collectively grieve the big names, while all the regular people are overlooked.
True. But I doubt the attention given to this accident will come close to the prolonged, hyper-emotional attention given to Robin Williams who’s death was intentional and self-inflicted.
“...while all the regular people are overlooked.”
I don’t think the regular people will be overlooked. There’ll be a huge humanitarian effort put together to help and care for everyone affected. (Hopefully, the effort will be organized, efficient and effective...and not run by a Clinton.)
But...you have a right to be cantankerous about it. Many folks glom on to these situations to further themselves. My city’s local news organizations would be filing headlines if a local citizen had been killed there. Call me jaded but I think they’d be doing it just to say “Hey, look at us. We’re important. We lost a citizen too!”