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The family wanted to keep this off social media for now. Unfortunate that you posted this.
by oddshocks 13y ago
The family wanted to keep this off social media for now. Unfortunate that you posted this.
- gohrt 13y agoFree charity project idea: Create a space (website) with a voicemail phone number, guestbook, etc, designed to accept people who want to reach out to a victim of a current tragedy. Then when the news spreads, spreader include a link to something like http://reachout.to/sethvidal http://reachout.to/sethvidal So that the interested acquaintances and public can go there for official information, memorial info, and to share their thoughts, privately or publicly with pre-moderation. Obviously, it should be quick an easy for the grief-stricked to flip on a site, and follow up with it later. You can't stop people talking about the incident, but you can help direct people away from frustrating the victims/families with emails/calls.
- JeremyNT 13y agoAuthor of the blog post here. My blog is intended for a small local audience, and I never intended it to "break" this story to the Internet. I wrote my post for a couple of reasons: - I wanted to add some context for my readers who might not be familiar with Seth's work; in the original WRAL.com article, Seth is mentioned only by name, with no other information about his accomplishments. - I feel horrible about what happened to Seth, almost physically ill. A man I admired, an experienced cyclist, was killed on a road I have biked on many times myself. I just felt the need to write... something. I sincerely apologize if my actions have caused grief to the family.
- oddshocks 13y agoI don't think you've harmed anything. The story's all over the place by now, anyway. I am similarly sorry for the loss.