Yesterday, not long after the lunch break, a scaffolding fell 13 stories to a Boston street, killing three people.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/04/04/death_came_crashing_down/?p...

Two of those killed were construction workers and one was driving by on the street below. Out of the myriad of construction workers there, why did those two perish? Two of those killed were under 30 and had many things to live for in conventional terms. The third was older but was well-loved by family and friends, reason enough to live.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/04/04/accident_clai...

One had a small child.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/04/04/romildo_silva...

One had a great career path many would love to have.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/04/04/michael_tsan_...

(oh darn you can't get in to more than 2-3 articles at a time. sorry)


"Michael Tsan Ty, 28, a physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital, was driving on Boylston Street wearing his green hospital scrubs when the scaffolding fell and crushed his Honda. The freak accident ended a budding medical career for the award-winning student from Atherton, Calif."

Out of the many cars on the street, and the many near hits, why was Ty the one? (the grandson of a former mayor was also in his car but escaped the damaged car with no injuries).

Why these three? Why now? just the wrong place at the wrong time? (an answer even sometimes uncovered by George Anderson) or some greater picture involved?

So maybe some people would be interested to try retrievals on these people or at least get some answers.

Actually I'm pretty fascinated that they were able to find their deaths so ...easily. And I think this kind of thing holds the answer to alot of the questions I've seen run through here lately.

Like, I don't think you can go to this article if you've just been to the others, but the Dr. Ty was in just the "right" place at the "right" time.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/04/04/a_fatal_crash...

It says in part:
"Jiminez ... was driving along Boylston Street just after 1 p.m., headed to a restaurant with his wife and son ... when Jiminez saw a small Honda change lanes in front of him.
A split second later, Jiminez saw the Honda crushed by a huge piece of scaffolding that had fallen from an Emerson College building ... . The front of Jiminez's car was hit by falling debris, as well."

So if Dr. Ty hadn't changed lanes perhaps he would still be here.

btw, the hospital where he worked is not the closet to the accident scene.

No we don't know that any of them needs a retrieval. But it does give us an opportunity to discuss things from another angle.

There is an interesting book available at your local
library or bookstore which has been out for many
years.  It is The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton
Wilder.  I read it many years ago.  Wilder studied
the events leading up to and followiing the bridge's
collapse.  After alot of research, he concluded that
each person met death at a time that was the best
for him or her.