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hlthe2b

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1. I remember that clearly--including how quickly many were to treat it as an event that could have never been

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Nov 18, 2024, 06:36 AM

Nov 18

"imagined." Well, unfathomable tragedy, yes, but it certainly was not unpredictable.

I feel for the families of those who died. Horrible way to die. Horrible to have to think back on how truly "predictable" and preventable it truly was.

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I remember that clearly--including how quickly many were to treat it as an event that could have never been hlthe2b Nov 18 #1