Isn't it a strange feeling when someone you sort of know dies?

[MinneapolisMatt]

Lost a neighbor the day before my cat died.

I don't know how I should feel. It's eerie and tragic.

[hedgehog]

1. My boss's brother was killed when he rolled his tractor

while cutting hay next to a ditch. I realized yesterday that I didn't get a damn thing done for about two weeks after I heard the news. I never met the man, but I was just sick about this.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. I think it is one reason I walk around shell-shocked a lot of the time.

one of the hazards of the job.

[Divameow77]

3. Yes

A co-worker/friends 12 year old daughter was hit and killed by a car in January. I never met her but I couldn't stop crying, I was very affected by it.

[Kali]

4. I can barely do some of the threads here on DU sometimes.