[JshWright]

Your friend’s dad’s death is also my (very trivial) connection to Kaczynski. That morning our family had gone Christmas tree shopping, and the tree was scheduled to be delivered later that day. As it turned out, the delivery driver was also a Verona volunteer firefighter and ended up responding to the explosion, delaying our tree to the next day. It’s a super trivial connection, but it has always stuck with me.

[MavisBacon]

This surely would stick with me. Wild story.

[rlt]

“My good friend’s dad was brutally murdered”

“My delivery was delayed”

Maybe not the place for it.

[31337Logic]

He said the connection was super trivial.

I think you're mistaken - I think it's precisely the right place for such a comment.

[firecall]

I liked it - it shows how we are all connected.

[xorbax]

It's not that big a transgression

It also makes a map of human affect. We can all pretend such a thing matters, but most horrors never touch our life and would never be known without the news.

The fact that a random guy gave his spare time to help others is notable. The key point is the Christmas tree deliverer being a first responder. It's a hell of a thing.

[ryanisnan]

Be careful, the virtue cops are out in full force these days. Heaven forbid you share an anecdote on the internet and someone disagrees with you.

[bbor]

Not great reading comprehension, friend - they’re not complaining, but reminiscing.