It is a story only life can write. A story a Hollywood writer never would dare to come up with because it is just too unbelievable. NBC Dateline aired such a real life-story a few days ago. We never have heard anything similar. And we have to admit we were moved.....(which happens not very often):
...Two years ago, Laura Van Ryn was a 22-year-old senior studying communications at Taylor University, a small evangelical school in Upland, Indiana. She was outgoing and athletic, with a wide circle of friends and a deep faith in God. So was Whitney Cerak, an 18-year-old freshman at Taylor, who was described as giggly and joyful by her family.
The two young women had several friends in common, but never actually spoke to each other until April 26, 2006, the night a deadly car crash, followed by an unbelievable string of events, joined the Van Ryn and Cerak families forever...
Interviews conducted by Matt Laur with various family members of BOTH families - their hope, dreams , feelings and the way they deal with reality can be found on:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23828096/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23849928/
The questions that swirl around in our head are: What would YOU do if that happened to you? How would you deal with it? ....The hope and dreams of one family shattered after weeks of caring while the other family experiences something short of a "wonder". ....
HI!I'm shaky,but I'm still alive.I may kill Brian for this lovely Christmas gift.Except,Nee is absolutely right,Brian is pampering me and taking wonderful care of me.Even tried to do the laundry.Now everything we own is grey,but I appreciate the effort.
ReplyDeleteI read about this case Vix.What a tragedy of errors.Both families were traumatized twice.That's an emotional roller coaster I would not want to be on.Life has some funny twists to it.
I knew what was coming when I heard Matt Laur say that Whitneys family didn't identify the body. They were too traumatized.
ReplyDeleteWhitney recuperated nicely. Both families visit each other.
I read about the tragedy,I can't imagine how I would coop with something like that.Glad to see you up and around Jeannie,don't over do it,bless Brian's heart,you can get a little clorex and brighted them up or let them stay as is to remind you fo Brian's love.
ReplyDeleteThe girl with the long blonde hair is Whitney.
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