Fifteen killed in Canadian junior hockey team bus crash

u crank · 04-08-18, 05:56 AM

Very sad. Tragic. Condolences to family members and best wishes for the survivors.

Reece · 04-08-18, 06:00 AM

Yes very sad indeed.

Jimbuna · 04-08-18, 06:31 AM

Terribly tragic

u crank · 04-12-18, 04:03 PM

More sad news.

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Dayna Brons, the lone woman aboard the Humboldt Broncos' team bus when it collided with a transport truck on April 6, has died.

Family and friends had been waiting anxiously, hoping the 24-year-old athletic therapist would pull through after she suffered serious head trauma. Her aunt, Audrey Hopfner, visited her niece yesterday and felt optimistic that she looked better and would recover.

Instead, on Wednesday afternoon, Hopfner received word her niece had died....

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskat...rash-1.4615462

Meanwhile the GoFundMe campaign for the families of the victims has reached a staggering $9 million.

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More than 100,000 donors in 65 countries have contributed to the GoFundMe campaign — ranked among the five most successful campaigns ever on the platform — with donations ranging from $5 to $50,000 coming from individuals, families, sports teams and multinational corporations.

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...-campaign.html

Highbury · 04-12-18, 06:08 PM

A couple ways people here in Canada, and around the world have been paying their respects.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/humbol...edia-1.4616226

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/sticks...k&_gsc=oouo8YE

In a time when "thoughts and prayers" has become clichéd, small gestures like that are nice to see.

04-08-18, 05:56 AM	#1
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,746 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Very sad. Tragic. Condolences to family members and best wishes for the survivors. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

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Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,731 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Yes very sad indeed. __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,615 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Terribly tragic __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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04-12-18, 06:08 PM	#5
Highbury The Old Man Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: 51.557, -0.102 Posts: 1,311 Downloads: 177 Uploads: 0	A couple ways people here in Canada, and around the world have been paying their respects. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/humbol...edia-1.4616226 https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/sticks...k&_gsc=oouo8YE In a time when "thoughts and prayers" has become clichéd, small gestures like that are nice to see.