Gosh, reading that made me sad. I remember the first classmates from my school to die. There was a guy who was a senior and was accidentally shot by a friend during the school year. He was on the phone with his girlfriend at the time when the gun went off. The school is located in a very rural location so everyone lived in the rural / country setting, so it took a long time for the ambulance to arrive... there was a big debate over if the ambulance arrived earlier would it have made a difference in saving his life.
Also, the year after graduation a very popular girl was driving home in a rain storm. She was speeding and lost control of her car. It ran head on into a semi-truck and went under the the trailer. She was killed instantly (decapitated), and her brother who was also in the car with her died in the hospital a few days later. It was so tragic I remember because of that one accident their parents lost 2 of their 3 children.
Life is to short, I've been noticing, as I've seen good people taken to early in life. It makes you want to live the most of yours.