07 June 2005

Yea, tho I walk thru the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil...

*somber*

I found out today what happened to BB's brother, who died almost two weeks ago. CB was seventeen, not ten as I originally had heard. He and his friends always went to this river on the last day of school to swim. CB apparently jumped off the bridge, and in trying to do a flip, over-rotated and landed on his face and chest. The impact broke his neck and he died instantly. Now usually when a body lands in water, it will float. For some reason, CB sank to the bottom of the river, which is about 40 feet deep. His friends jumped in and tried to find him, but they couldn't. It took professional divers four hours to find CB. Apparently, at his service, they had an open casket viewing and BB said that CB looked like he just crawled into the coffin and took a nap - there was barely any sign of the tragedy.

I'm not a religious person but keep BB and his family in your thoughts and prayers while they go through this difficult time.

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