2003-10-22 13:38:31Fiddler
A Sad Day
I'm restless and near heartbroken......
Last Sunday, there were two guys went to Tzu Chi; they needed help. They had just arrived SF on Sat. on a business trip; their company sent them in a team of three people. They were supposed to meet at 7:00am at hotel lobby going to Fisherman's Warf, but one of the guys did not show up after 7:15am, so they got worried.
After they persuded the hotel to open the room for them, they found their colleaque was in bed lifeless, and from the warm water on his night stand, he must have just died not too long ago. They were so shocked and freaked out, and clueless about what to do next.... so they called the TECO at SF for Taiwan government's help. Those tax-paid officials told them to call us........
The parents and wife of the decedent rushed to Bay Area last night, and they went to identify the body this morning. I was called to help, so I went to meet the family during lunch hour to offer emotional support. But the truth is......I couldn't handle the situation better than the family at all. I saw the blank and lost _expression on the mom, and I just could not stop crying even I've ran out out tissue paper. The worse is... the wife is pregnant!
When facing to things like this, I wonder why our life seem so fragile at times and why life works in such a mysterious way. A man at 36...that's too young to leave, isn't it? The mom was chanting in the Buddha Hall, and the father just sit alone somewhere else..... they said good-bye to their son 3 days ago, and now they are here to say good-bye forever......
~~Fiddler 10/21/03
Last Sunday, there were two guys went to Tzu Chi; they needed help. They had just arrived SF on Sat. on a business trip; their company sent them in a team of three people. They were supposed to meet at 7:00am at hotel lobby going to Fisherman's Warf, but one of the guys did not show up after 7:15am, so they got worried.
After they persuded the hotel to open the room for them, they found their colleaque was in bed lifeless, and from the warm water on his night stand, he must have just died not too long ago. They were so shocked and freaked out, and clueless about what to do next.... so they called the TECO at SF for Taiwan government's help. Those tax-paid officials told them to call us........
The parents and wife of the decedent rushed to Bay Area last night, and they went to identify the body this morning. I was called to help, so I went to meet the family during lunch hour to offer emotional support. But the truth is......I couldn't handle the situation better than the family at all. I saw the blank and lost _expression on the mom, and I just could not stop crying even I've ran out out tissue paper. The worse is... the wife is pregnant!
When facing to things like this, I wonder why our life seem so fragile at times and why life works in such a mysterious way. A man at 36...that's too young to leave, isn't it? The mom was chanting in the Buddha Hall, and the father just sit alone somewhere else..... they said good-bye to their son 3 days ago, and now they are here to say good-bye forever......
~~Fiddler 10/21/03