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hamsterjill

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5. I'll bet this kid will come to understand that he's lucky to have a parent who cared about him.

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Wed May 29, 2013, 01:59 PM

May 2013

Cared enough to make him stay home and study.

And this is NOT a commentary about the other teens or their parents. Just saying that this kid's father did the right thing for HIS son.

Sad that he lost his friends, but he's lucky to be alive himself.

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California teen misses trip, 5 friends die in crash [View all] Initech May 2013 OP

Lucky kid. It wasn't his time. Very tragic though for his friends. n/t Cleita May 2013 #1

Tragic and avoidable. Beacool May 2013 #2

This happens all too often, and the keywords remain the same: LeftinOH May 2013 #3

most of the time you can add in "alcohol", "texting", and sadly Blue_Tires May 2013 #9

Highway patrol officers came to my school in the sixties and showed us all these after the fact freshwest May 2013 #25

Frost put it best whistler162 May 2013 #4

K&R & Yes, he did! nt patrice May 2013 #13

I'll bet this kid will come to understand that he's lucky to have a parent who cared about him. hamsterjill May 2013 #5

How sad ... no words is correct. n/t cosmicone May 2013 #6

saw it on local news , the images were really bad JI7 May 2013 #7

This scares the crap out of me onlyadream May 2013 #8

Make sure he/she doesn't text and rive. LisaL May 2013 #20

The butterfly effect Democat May 2013 #10

Yes, exactly. A point that most don't grasp. n/t Psephos May 2013 #16

That's what I thought. Hassin Bin Sober May 2013 #19

Just the time it would have taken to load him in the car could have been the difference had he gone. Exultant Democracy May 2013 #22

You are right. indie9197 May 2013 #24

Of course if I was his father, who seems to have been the one outside when the kid pulled up Exultant Democracy May 2013 #26

Yep. And if everyone were still alive... bunnies May 2013 #35

Wrong Movie, Teen needs to start watching the whole snooper2 Jun 2013 #37

From the California vehicle code: SpankMe May 2013 #11

They'd most likely all be alive today lobodons May 2013 #12

Why is that, exactly? LisaL May 2013 #21

Perhaps teen drivers should be forced to look at the Coroner's photos to get their license nikto May 2013 #14

Same tactic pro-lifers use ... JustABozoOnThisBus May 2013 #18

Time to ban cars! ErikJ May 2013 #15

I always hate this time of year.... AnneD May 2013 #17

Driver didn't have a license mile18blister May 2013 #23

The driver was unlicensed, liked fast cars, Jenoch May 2013 #27

Parents, please know who's driving the car tblue May 2013 #28

You provide good a dvice. Jenoch May 2013 #31

If he had gone perhaps the accident wouldn't have happened flamingdem May 2013 #29

Missing The Point SoCalMusicLover May 2013 #30

Pretty much the same thing happened when I was in 9th grade (1968). Six high school students died Rowdyboy May 2013 #32

Sometimes it is such a close thing, whether someone lives or dies. tblue37 May 2013 #33

As it happens, my family was driving that stretch of road about 45 minutes before that crash stopbush May 2013 #34

{responding late} Single vehicle, speed mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2013 #36