Hatrack River Forum: Terribly sad? Ironic? Beautiful?

This is topic Terribly sad? Ironic? Beautiful? in forum Books, Films, Food and Culture at Hatrack River Forum.

To visit this topic, use this URL:
http://www.hatrack.com/ubb/main/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=034408

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=519&e=15&u=/ap/20050502/ap_on_re_us/last_ride

A man who took up cycling after a heart bypass died after a long bike trip.

Honest, I am not sure if I feel happy for him, or sad. Cycling had become his passion, and he died after a monumental trip.

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

My vote is for beautiful. His surgery was 20 years before, so that's 20 years of time given to him. It's great.

Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :

Awwww. [Frown]

But I think that's touching. Sad, but in a bittersweet kind of way.

Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :

Wow.

Posted by Bean Counter (Member # 6001) on :

Fix, the man who wrote the book on running, died of a brain anurism while running. Irony is a fine tool in the hands of a bored God!

BC

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

In this case, I can feel some happiness for the man, who, as Kat said, had a gift of twenty extra years.

A dear friend of mine, an avid skydiver, was hit by a plane while his daughter and wife watched. As much as I wanted to think "but he died doing something he loved," it just didn't work for me at all that time.