Another tragedy

Gory details have no place in the newspaper. Just the pertinent info should be given.

My thoughts and prayers for Ms. Hollands friends and family.

Major, just because of the details. Go back and read the article!

Gory details have no place in the newspaper.

Agree, and THAT is what I have been complaining about.

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Back to thoughts and prayers for the victims, family, and friends.

chocolove wrote: Major Bean, as someone who has lost a family member and been through that, I would not want to read that article with all the details. I have the newspaper clippings from my daughter's death 6 years ago and I do like to go back and read them but I sure wouldn't like it if they detailed the fact that she fell 400 ft and drowned before she died. I love the way they wrote about my daughter's death...reliving her life not reliving the accident.

To you and your daughter Choco! May she rest in peace.

When my little sister was murdered 32 years ago, we, her family, had no choice but to be in the newspapers, on the radio, and on the TV. It was news.

The media were even at her funeral outside the church. And then 7 months later when the trial of her murderer started, again, we were in/on all the media...the trial even made the front page of the Rocky Mountain News.

Furthermore, the day she died, my mom's sister and her family were Christmas shopping in Denver and we had no way of getting in touch with them. Didn't matter...the details were all over the radio and it was absolutely a miracle that they didn't hear it.

My mom had the foresight to clip all the newspaper clippings and we put them in a scrapbook. Sounds kind of morbid, but there are/were things I wouldn't know or remember if not for that scrapbook.

So in a way, I'm grateful for the overabundance of media coverage...but, these dealings I had with the media at the delicate age of 11 completely colored the way I see the media and how they cover the news and I wouldn't wish those dealings on anyone, friend or foe.

major bean wrote: You people are off on a tangent. How does giving information of a person's death cause grief? Get real!

No tangent here...It isn't the information of this woman's death that is 'TMI' but rather the details of her injuries that are not necessary in reporting the accident or her death.



My deepest sympathies to the family. May peace and strength find and comfort you.

I learned of my Godson's death in Iraq from the Denver Channel.
It was a horrific way to learn of someone I love passing.

May MS. Hollands family be comforted by wonderful memories.

ComputerBreath wrote: When my little sister was murdered 32 years ago, we, her family, had no choice but to be in the newspapers, on the radio, and on the TV. It was news.

The media were even at her funeral outside the church. And then 7 months later when the trial of her murderer started, again, we were in/on all the media...the trial even made the front page of the Rocky Mountain News.

Furthermore, the day she died, my mom's sister and her family were Christmas shopping in Denver and we had no way of getting in touch with them. Didn't matter...the details were all over the radio and it was absolutely a miracle that they didn't hear it.

My mom had the foresight to clip all the newspaper clippings and we put them in a scrapbook. Sounds kind of morbid, but there are/were things I wouldn't know or remember if not for that scrapbook.

So in a way, I'm grateful for the overabundance of media coverage...but, these dealings I had with the media at the delicate age of 11 completely colored the way I see the media and how they cover the news and I wouldn't wish those dealings on anyone, friend or foe.

Oh, I'm so sorry to hear about your little sister and what you all had to go through. Eleven is way too young an age to experience a loss like that. Peace to you!

well different strokes for different folks. i found the flume article to be soothing - to know that she was conscious and coherent in spite of the serious injuries and that she probably had some very wonderful first responders with her.