I'll use this tragedy to prove a point I tried to make with our chapter a few weeks ago during Rush. During one of the Rush events, a bean bag got stuck in a tree. I would guess that it was 20+ feet in the air. Of course, the undergraduates tried to climb the tree and retrieve it. Even worse, the Risk Manager was the lead instigator in trying to retrieve it.
They weren't happy when I walked up and immediately stopped them, but I suppose I'd rather them be mad at me for a few days than end up like this poor young man.
My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.
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"There is a destiny that makes us brothers, No one goes his way alone;
All that we send into the lives of others, Comes back into our own."
~ Edwin Markham
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