ESPN Article about the student-athlete tragedy in Willows, CA

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The "OTL: The Lost Kids of Willows" story is located at http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=willows


Sad.

 

[kennadog]

Very sad, but a beautifully written article.

 

[Spike]

Wow, talk about being out of the loop. I grew up in Orland. I agree with Kennadog, well-written and touching.

 

[NoBonus]

I actually have a niece in that class at Willows... compared to my High School experience, hers was like jumping from tragedy to tragedy... an insane experience for her.

 

[Bricklayer]

Not to compare tragedies, but we lost 7 people while I was in high school -- several of whom I knew well (2 off my football team, 1 off my soccer team, another exchange student friend), and 2 more within 2 years of graduation (including anohter of my football teammates). It was the source of a lot of morbid jokes. I think all were car related however, and scattered through the various classes.

 

[NoBonus]

Not to compare tragedies, but we lost 7 people while I was in high school -- several of whom I knew well (2 off my football team, 1 off my soccer team, another exchange student friend), and 2 more within 2 years of graduation (including anohter of my football teammates). It was the source of a lot of morbid jokes. I think all were car related however, and scattered through the various classes.

I think there were, what, 120 kids in that class... we had a similar class size and we lost 1 student in a vehicle accident and that was about average for each class.