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Running into people from your past: Are there any recent experiences that had an impact on you?

8 years ago by danielxvu with 1 comments

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  • massani
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    Yeah, although I ran into them indirectly via a world tragedy. I ended up knowing a girl from high school who was one of the Americans on the Germanwings Flight 9525 that crashed in the Alps back in March. Emily ended up transferring high schools, but we had a couple classes together and predominantly were in the same friend group since it was a small high school/community. She was really awesome, friendly, and a great singer. I didn't stay in much contact with her after she transferred but a lot of my friends still did.

    It's a really weird feeling losing someone you knew, especially to something so extreme and violent like that. If she had passed away due to a car crash or something, I'm sure it would have still had an impact on me, but this was really different. I was pretty bummed for awhile about it, especially when more and more news was coming out. A lot of my close friends from high school didn't take it lightly either. Our high school and the town where she lived is a small farming town on the southern outskirts of the DC metro area, so it left a huge impact on the community. Something of that caliber hadn't really hit it.