Real life tragedy

This is too much to bear, just as the CNN headline says...

This story appeared on the "front page" of CNN the other day (Thursday here):

Fiery crash kills 7 young relatives
Seven children, including an infant, died Wednesday when a tractor-trailer rear-ended their car near Gainesville, Florida, slamming it into the rear of a school bus that had stopped to let children off. More...

And this was on the "front page" earlier tonight (Friday here):

Hoping to adopt, mom instead has to bury toddler
Barbara and Terry Mann were supposed to complete their adoption of a 20-month-old boy on Thursday. Instead, they were planning funerals for him and their other four children -- all killed in a fiery car wreck. More...

Ang masama pa niyan, the father of Barbara Mann died of a heart attack after learning of the tragic news.

"It's hard to fathom what it's like to lose five children, two nieces and a father in one shot. It seems like a burden too big to bear," said Scott Fisher, a family spokesman and pastor at the Lake Butler Church of Christ.

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Life's a bitch and then you die.

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Let's just pray for the souls lost to this tragic accident, and for their families and friend, that they would make it through these very trying times.