Tragedy at USC

A few days ago I was talking to my best friend who goes to USC and she told me that there was an accident on her campus. I googled it up and found an LA Times article about it. A USC student was killed in a hit-and-run accident and another one was critically injured. They were just walking in the crosswalk at the edge of campus.


Photo: LA Times

I know the story happened all the way in the west coast but I guess what really captivates me is that it's just a mishap that could easily happen to anyone on any campus. It could be any of my friends crossing from the J-school to Starbucks on campus. It could even be me. That's what really drives my interest and keeps me on following the updates until now.

It has just crossed my mind that the online medium is what entitles the magic to happen. The fact that I have the power to check back on the website every few hours looking for more details, possibly more pictures, more follow up, or anything that will satisfy my curiosity is what I'm thanking for at this moment.

Yesterday they posted more pictures related to the tragedy and some of them are quite emotionally moving. It's a slideshow of 6 pictures which I'm pretty sure that not all of them were printed in the paper. The pictures personalize the story on a greater level I went to the discussion and it's just really thought- provoking to see all of these comments. This is such great example of great public forum and simply to know there are strangers out there who show support and grief for the families is just staggering.

At this moment I'm praying for the best for the victim's families and hopefully the police will find the killer soon. For now, I will be checking for updates and won't rest in peace until they find the killer and decide the fair thing to do with him. I guess with all of these newspapers out there going online and online only doesn't really affect me or my age group at least. Although I'm quite convinced there are people who suffer from it: my grandma's generation.