The Boys in Red

This is off topic compared to what I usually talk about but this has effected me more then I thought it would. This afternoon I started watching the Memorial service for the 7 boys that were killed in the car accident in Bathurst, N.B. last Friday night. I've just had this numb feeling ever since. I want to cry for the lives lost, for the families and friends who won't get to see these boys again, won't get to see them grow up. I can't help but walk around with an expressionless face, not wanting to smile, not wanting to be happy. I realise I must go on, for my live isn't over.Even though I have this unexplainable emotion, I still have this feeling, and I have to do my best to learn from this, and realise I am still alive...
I only saw a small part of the service at school, but having it effect me so much, I am sitting in my room watching the rest of the service. I can't stop the tears from streaming down my face, the family members speak of the boys and I am reminded of my friends, or even acquaintances, people that have been in my life. I can't imagine them not in my life, the families left behind must be devastated. Knowing I've already lived nearly 7 or 9 years more than these boys, I want to live my life to the fullest, I am not going to stop now. These boys will never graduate, their friends, left behind will miss them and their smiling faces. Time seems to play a big part, Bathurst is about 4 hours away from where I am now, the boys were about 5 minutes away from their parents. It's so hard to believe that something so life changing can happen in a matter of minutes, I can't help but wonder what is going to happen to me in the next few minutes or the next hour...

One of my teachers suggested we write about this accident, he asked us to discuss the effects of this accident on the media, why it made headlines across the country. I've been thinking about it, a lot. Watching the family members speak makes me realise that it's the fact that these boys could be our sons, our brothers, our best friends, or our neighbours. The fact that 7 young lives were taken in one horrific accident, we can't help but want to know. I can't even bring myself to think of the accident it's self. But I do want to think about the driver of the transport truck(I in no way blame him) I just haven't heard about him and I wonder how he is(that sounds really lame, but I can't help but wonder).

I don't know how to end this, for I know anything I say won't do them justice...

Rest in Peace Boys in Red
Javier Acevedo
Nathan Andrew Cleland
Codey Branch
Justin Cormier
Daniel Hains
Nikki Kelly
Nickolas Quinn
and of course Mrs. Lord