musician sparks backlash for requesting her violin from crashed Amtrak train

[haele]

210. I'm sorry for your loss. I'm retired USN myself.

Let the outrage and the victim shaming go. You have more of a reason to be angry than most of the others, but I would recommend you still should make the effort not to continue direct it at another victim after the initial shock. While there may be levels of injury, there is no discernible level of victimhood in life; while the impact of injury has a magnitude that might be considered, no victim has more of a right to respect in their personal injury than another.

I've lost a few friends, family and shipmates over the years to accidents and other situations that were unfair, and been personally involved in some serious incidents in my time. Honestly, I would have tweeted the same thing she would have at the time. I suspect that Ms. Kim has a personality much like mine.

Peace to you and your son. But remember, Ms. Kim's reaction had to do with what happened to her, and had nothing to do with what happened to your son's shipmate. If at the time she had known the magnitude of what was going on, she probably would have tweeted or done something else.

Haele