"We mourn people we feel a connection with, because of the pain we feel at losing the connection." Large groups also mourn because (for lack of a better way to

"We mourn people we feel a connection with, because of the pain we feel at losing the connection." Large groups also mourn because (for lack of a better way to put it) a crowd effect. There are people who are impacted for sure but then there are people who will come along for the grief ride that really wouldn't care if their friends didn't drop the idea and the importance into their head. Or if there wasn't a great deal of media coverage which stokes the grief.