A girl I used to know

Dear girl I used to know,

At a school where there are only 700 people, everyone kind of knows each other. You took my spot in the Student Council as senior year representative, and graduated with really high grades. I always thought you were a great person.
I guess I didn't really 'know' you that well but seeing your name on the passenger list of MH17 hit me like a rock. You were the same age as me, your brother the same age as my brother, on your way to an awesome vacation in Malaysia.
But you never arrived. You became the victim of a stupid conflict you had nothing to do with. I hope you didn't know what was going on for too long, but that's been on my mind for the past few days. I hope you weren't scared. I'm glad you have no idea of the international mess that is going on right now. Or maybe you do, who knows... You didn't deserve to die like this, none of you did. A picture of your mom's passport was circulating on twitter for God's sake. Who does that? It's so unfair that people get so caugt up in political games that it costs the lives of innocent people.
The Netherlands are crying for all of those who lost their lives. There's a sea of flowers at the airport. None of it matters though, none of it will bring you home. My heart goes out to your family and friends all of the people who lost someone close to them. I hope the mess around this situation will end soon so that you can get the final respect you deserve.

I hope you are in heaven now.

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TwoThree commented

July 23, 2014, 01:04 PM

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That was a moving tribute. It's really too damn sad, this situation. I hope her family and friends can find some comfort somewhere, somehow.
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OperaDiva commented

July 24, 2014, 11:14 AM

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it's an impossible thing to make sense of, isn't it? A classmate of mine died in an accident a few weeks ago and I couldn't bring myself to write to his parents because ... what do you say? But then, there is nothing to say to make them feel better, but maybe it can give them strength to continue forward! Sorry for the tangent ... It's a horrible feeling, losing people around you when you are very young, but you phrased it beautifully. Bon courage!
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80anthea commented

July 26, 2014, 10:04 AM

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I read this the other day but couldn't comment at the time.

The whole thing is a tragedy. I posted somewhere about it, but I 'knew' one of the Brits who was killed. I didn't know him well at all, in fact I hardly knew him but our paths had crossed a few times and we had a few mutual friends. When I saw his picture going round facebook and twitter as one of those who had lost his life, it hit me too.

You're right, they are victims of a ridiculous situation and I hate this modern era things of tweeting and facebooking everything, it's like the families can have no peace at all.

It's a sad time we live in

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