Someone died at school on Friday

**Valigarmander** · 09-18-2007, 09:34 AM

Not that this hasn't happened before, but I just learned that it was someone I knew. Not very well, but still someone I knew. I mean, we've followed each other since kindergarten. She was always so pretty and popular, and I thought she'd have a wonderful life ahead of her, but on Friday she was killed in a car accident.

I don't know why I feel so strongly about someone I hardly knew. Maybe it's just because even though I didn't know her that well I always knew she was there, and now she isn't. I don't know if I've ever even spoken a word to her.

**Loot** · 09-18-2007, 04:04 PM

Man, that sucks, Val. I can only imagine how it can feel when someone of your age dies.

Princess Zelda of Hyrule · 09-18-2007, 04:10 PM

It must be that she's so close to your age, at your school, so close to your way of life. And she died. You're unsettled because it could have been you. At least, that's how I would feel.

Demonicus Prime · 09-18-2007, 05:42 PM

...****.

It must be some sort of sick game to mess with people that have done nothing wrong. CSM with his week, MH with his dad and girlfriend, and Bomby with his apartment.

Times like this really make you think about what you've done and how you're going to progress with humanity, instead of falling into the fold of everyday life.

**Valigarmander** · 09-18-2007, 06:07 PM

I've looked back through some pictures, and I found out she was in my kindergarten class. Not only that, she was probably the first girl to ever have a crush on me. She asked if we could be partners on our field trip to the zoo, among other things. Heh... it's really hard just remembering all this at once.

I hardly knew her... yet this thing has been weighing me down all day. I guess this is the closest thing to losing a friend I've had yet.

She's the one on the left... I always thought she was so pretty.

User Name · 09-18-2007, 06:35 PM

She is really pretty. Stuff like this hurts everyone that the person has ever touched. It's hard to imagine that someone in a world so close to yours could suddenly not be there anymore. It's so mind-boggling when stuff like this happens. When someone you know dies, it's like you just want to world to stop and drop everything to pay respect to the person, but the world keeps moving on. I guess, in a sense, it's a good thing but it's still hard to catch up.

Rainbow Dash · 09-19-2007, 04:50 PM

When you said 'at school' I thought you literally meant she died during the school day.

Man, that sucks.

**X-3** · 09-19-2007, 05:09 PM

Man, sorry to hear that happened. It's strange: you see a person many days in your life, but you barely speak to them, then they're just...gone.

A Seventh Grader that went to a school I went to for Sixth grade apparently died sometime earlier last hear. I was thinking, "Man, if I had actually stayed at that school, I may have seen that kid, or known him."

***Cosmonautical*** · 09-19-2007, 08:05 PM

Yikes, dude. How did it happen?

Please excuse my morbid curiosity, but I'm no stranger to young people dying. I wish things like that didn't happen in this world, but I've lost two close friends already. One was my closest friend, at the time, and another was probably one of my closer internet friends. We had only met in person once, but after that he was always talking about moving to Cleveland, where I and a few other people he knew had been living. That was perhaps more traumatic, because of the circumstances (his brother had murdered him, I'll spare you all the details).

Keep your chin up, life goes on. It's never exactly the same life you thought you'd have, but sometimes reality throws a curve ball.

**Valigarmander** · 09-19-2007, 09:03 PM

OregonLive.com - Banks mourns after Hillsboro teen dies Kaylee Tawzer is the 4th Banks HS student to die in the last three years
Her car was hit by a truck shortly after school ended, just before the Homecoming game. She died later at the hospital.

This is the class photograph from my kindergarten class. I scanned it today and uploaded it. I'm the strange-looking kid named Robby Ryan...

Kaylee was so pretty, even back then.

**X-3** · 09-19-2007, 09:13 PM

You look pretty normal to me there, Val.

I understand your feelings. I can't say I've ever really been in your situation before, seeing as my family moves around a lot because of my dad's job, but I can imagine what it would be like to lose someone who was always around.

Hope you get through it alright, Val.

Eagle Eye · 09-20-2007, 12:19 AM

It's a real wake up call when things like this happen. As said before, the whole "that could've been me" thoughts occur. I've had to deal with some things like this also, but keep your head up and know that you learned something from that person.

It was the same way here when Knux died, none of us knew that kid personally (maybe one or two had met him) yet it was a huge loss for all of us when he died. His presence alone made this place so great and so fun to come to, sometimes I expect him to just pop in talking about not eating salmon, I or someone else would call him kunx and Tikal would call him a slut. It's so wierd just seeing his old posts now.

**Valigarmander** · 10-12-2007, 09:42 PM

...Is it weird, that I still can't stop thinking about this?

I never talked or had direct contact with her since kindergarten.

Eagle Eye · 10-12-2007, 09:55 PM

No, it's not wierd. Death (and life), is a crazy thing, they do something unexplainable to us. I just found out my old youth minister died of a heart attack on Tuesday, it saddens me because he was one of those people who pushed me to do better than I was doing. He was so much more than a minister to me.

09-18-2007, 09:34 AM	#1
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,701 Times in 2,581 Posts Blog Entries: 20	Someone died at school on Friday Not that this hasn't happened before, but I just learned that it was someone I knew. Not very well, but still someone I knew. I mean, we've followed each other since kindergarten. She was always so pretty and popular, and I thought she'd have a wonderful life ahead of her, but on Friday she was killed in a car accident. I don't know why I feel so strongly about someone I hardly knew. Maybe it's just because even though I didn't know her that well I always knew she was there, and now she isn't. I don't know if I've ever even spoken a word to her.

09-18-2007, 06:07 PM	#5
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,701 Times in 2,581 Posts Blog Entries: 20	I've looked back through some pictures, and I found out she was in my kindergarten class. Not only that, she was probably the first girl to ever have a crush on me. She asked if we could be partners on our field trip to the zoo, among other things. Heh... it's really hard just remembering all this at once. I hardly knew her... yet this thing has been weighing me down all day. I guess this is the closest thing to losing a friend I've had yet. She's the one on the left... I always thought she was so pretty. Last edited by Valigarmander; 09-18-2007 at 06:20 PM.

09-18-2007, 04:04 PM	#2
Loot Apparently I'm a mod? Join Date: May 2001 Location: LEGITIMATE BUSINESS Gender: Posts: 13,208 Thanks: 236 Thanked 1,237 Times in 659 Posts	Man, that sucks, Val. I can only imagine how it can feel when someone of your age dies.

09-18-2007, 04:10 PM	#3
Princess Zelda of Hyrule Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Hyrule Castle Gender: Posts: 6,128 Thanks: 35 Thanked 14 Times in 10 Posts	It must be that she's so close to your age, at your school, so close to your way of life. And she died. You're unsettled because it could have been you. At least, that's how I would feel.

09-18-2007, 05:42 PM	#4
Demonicus Prime Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: I Pity The Fool Who Confuses Me With Someone Other Than YoshiFreak. Gender: Posts: 3,108 Thanks: 648 Thanked 129 Times in 87 Posts	...****. It must be some sort of sick game to mess with people that have done nothing wrong. CSM with his week, MH with his dad and girlfriend, and Bomby with his apartment. Times like this really make you think about what you've done and how you're going to progress with humanity, instead of falling into the fold of everyday life.

09-18-2007, 06:35 PM	#6
User Name Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gotham City Gender: Posts: 7,209 Thanks: 701 Thanked 536 Times in 367 Posts	She is really pretty. Stuff like this hurts everyone that the person has ever touched. It's hard to imagine that someone in a world so close to yours could suddenly not be there anymore. It's so mind-boggling when stuff like this happens. When someone you know dies, it's like you just want to world to stop and drop everything to pay respect to the person, but the world keeps moving on. I guess, in a sense, it's a good thing but it's still hard to catch up.

09-19-2007, 04:50 PM	#7
Rainbow Dash been dreamin', i've been waitin' Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: a bomb-ass cloud house bachelorette pad Gender: Posts: 24,402 Thanks: 173 Thanked 1,179 Times in 716 Posts	When you said 'at school' I thought you literally meant she died during the school day. Man, that sucks.

09-19-2007, 05:09 PM	#8
X-3 Useful as an Owl Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: Posts: 15,947 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,213 Times in 790 Posts Blog Entries: 10	Man, sorry to hear that happened. It's strange: you see a person many days in your life, but you barely speak to them, then they're just...gone. A Seventh Grader that went to a school I went to for Sixth grade apparently died sometime earlier last hear. I was thinking, "Man, if I had actually stayed at that school, I may have seen that kid, or known him."

09-19-2007, 08:05 PM	#9
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,102 Thanks: 2,157 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Yikes, dude. How did it happen? Please excuse my morbid curiosity, but I'm no stranger to young people dying. I wish things like that didn't happen in this world, but I've lost two close friends already. One was my closest friend, at the time, and another was probably one of my closer internet friends. We had only met in person once, but after that he was always talking about moving to Cleveland, where I and a few other people he knew had been living. That was perhaps more traumatic, because of the circumstances (his brother had murdered him, I'll spare you all the details). Keep your chin up, life goes on. It's never exactly the same life you thought you'd have, but sometimes reality throws a curve ball.

09-19-2007, 09:03 PM	#10
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,701 Times in 2,581 Posts Blog Entries: 20	OregonLive.com - Banks mourns after Hillsboro teen dies Kaylee Tawzer is the 4th Banks HS student to die in the last three years Her car was hit by a truck shortly after school ended, just before the Homecoming game. She died later at the hospital. This is the class photograph from my kindergarten class. I scanned it today and uploaded it. I'm the strange-looking kid named Robby Ryan... Kaylee was so pretty, even back then.

09-19-2007, 09:13 PM	#11
X-3 Useful as an Owl Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: Posts: 15,947 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,213 Times in 790 Posts Blog Entries: 10	You look pretty normal to me there, Val. I understand your feelings. I can't say I've ever really been in your situation before, seeing as my family moves around a lot because of my dad's job, but I can imagine what it would be like to lose someone who was always around. Hope you get through it alright, Val.

09-20-2007, 12:19 AM	#12
Eagle Eye Diddy bops Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Birmingham, AL Gender: Posts: 15,014 Thanks: 1,616 Thanked 1,084 Times in 597 Posts	It's a real wake up call when things like this happen. As said before, the whole "that could've been me" thoughts occur. I've had to deal with some things like this also, but keep your head up and know that you learned something from that person. It was the same way here when Knux died, none of us knew that kid personally (maybe one or two had met him) yet it was a huge loss for all of us when he died. His presence alone made this place so great and so fun to come to, sometimes I expect him to just pop in talking about not eating salmon, I or someone else would call him kunx and Tikal would call him a slut. It's so wierd just seeing his old posts now.

10-12-2007, 09:42 PM	#13
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,701 Times in 2,581 Posts Blog Entries: 20	...Is it weird, that I still can't stop thinking about this? I never talked or had direct contact with her since kindergarten.

10-12-2007, 09:55 PM	#14
Eagle Eye Diddy bops Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Birmingham, AL Gender: Posts: 15,014 Thanks: 1,616 Thanked 1,084 Times in 597 Posts	No, it's not wierd. Death (and life), is a crazy thing, they do something unexplainable to us. I just found out my old youth minister died of a heart attack on Tuesday, it saddens me because he was one of those people who pushed me to do better than I was doing. He was so much more than a minister to me.