Posted on 05/27/2011 11:56:44 PM PDT by pillut48
So sad.
Well, tragedy is not a contest one wishes to enter. It’s is traumatic. Some people lose their sanity and never recover from the fear. Some become bitter and resentful things in the aftermath. These are few.
Having lived in hurricane alley and having seen what happens to people when all their stuff is destroyed, what you might consider broken in the aftermath of disaster, could also be looked at as “humbled.” You get stripped of all the illusion and just have yourself with yourself in the aftermath...and a close experience of God’s love and care for those who are fortunate enough to have built up faith going into the disaster.
People who go through this find out real quick how fleeting the material and the plastic impressions and desires of this world are and how everything really does boil down to love for one another. It kind of leaves one naked in a good way spritually, but it is hard to comprehend until you go through it and I hope you never do. There are easier ways to see through the illusions and amorality of modern American life and our misplaced values and priorities.
Speak for yourself . I haven’t turned my back on God. This is natures wanton fury, a tornado and a horrible , freak occurrence in it, nothing more. God bless this poor young man and his surviving loved ones.
No, God didn’t do this.
Many years ago a young sailor I knew, swerved while driving to avoid hitting an old man jaywalking. His vehicle, only going about 27-28 miles per hour, hit the curb.
This 19 year-old didn’t have his seat belt on, and was thrown through the windshield and over the front of the vehicle. The vehicle lurched forward, ran over and killed him.
Seat belts save lives. Will Norton did not have to die.
Make sure your children are wearing their seat belts and make sure you set the example.
My understanding was that the force of the tornado snapped the seat belt, and that Will was wearing his seatbelt.
The quote was in the NY Daily News.
The father said he was holding Will when the seat belt snapped and Will was sucked out through the open sunroof.
Father and son were riding in a Hummer.
Have you ever tried to put your arms around someone when you’re on opposite sides of a wide-based SUV, and you’re both wearing seat belts? Not saying it can’t be done, but...
This is a tragedy, in more ways than one.
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