Friday, February 19, 2010

SEC Football Blogger

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 12:54 AM PST

Vanderbilt Recruit Murdered…

It’s always a tragedy in the singular. Statistically Rajaan Bennett was not the only one who lost his life today. He’s not the greatest. He won’t be the worst. But someone loved by his family and friends is not alive to see today.

And it’s because of the potential lost. Rajaan was, by all accounts an excellent young man. And not just because he was a four star recruit. He hit the books with aplomb. He was the man of the house for a long while. And he died senselessly.

I don’t want to steal a quote from Mitch Albom, but it feels apt here. Fairness does not govern life and death, because if it did? No good person would ever die young.

If we could be so lucky.

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