Richard Attenborough loses family members in flood

samfan · Post by **samfan** » 29 Dec 2004, 22:26

For those who did not hear about this yet-- Richard Attenborough aka John Hammond in JP has lost three of his immediate family members during the terrible tsunami in Thailand. /sad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad.gif" /> So sad... I can't imagine what he must be going through right now...

http://www.indiaexpress.com/news/world/20041229-1.html

Ms. DNA · Post by **Ms. DNA** » 29 Dec 2004, 23:14

Oh man. One of them was his 14 year old granddaughter. That is so sad. /sad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad.gif" />

Shark Death · Post by **Shark Death** » 30 Dec 2004, 08:41

Not to mention the entire city blocks of families that were whiped out ..

Cyclopsis Raptor · Post by **Cyclopsis Raptor** » 30 Dec 2004, 10:29

Let's cry for like, three people..when there's what is it now..70 somethin thousand?

beeurd · Post by **beeurd** » 30 Dec 2004, 16:29

death toll currently stands at around 140,000 according to BBC News Online.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/world/...ter/default.stm

samfan · Post by **samfan** » 31 Dec 2004, 01:37

So devastating... all those people lost... terrible.... /sad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad.gif" /> and to add to this, my uncle just passed away earlier today-- and I just went to see him at the hospital yesterday. uuuggghhh.....

Rick · Post by **Rick** » 31 Dec 2004, 04:41

Death is the only constant in life. Its so depressing...

Cyclopsis Raptor · Post by **Cyclopsis Raptor** » 31 Dec 2004, 12:32

Rick wrote:Death is the only constant in life. Its so depressing...

Do all of us a favor and jump off a cliff.

Rick · Post by **Rick** » 31 Dec 2004, 14:35

Cyclopsis Raptor wrote:
Rick wrote: Death is the only constant in life. Its so depressing...
Do all of us a favor and jump off a cliff.

I'll chose to go with the "no" reply.

Ms. DNA · Post by **Ms. DNA** » 31 Dec 2004, 17:10

Samfan wrote:So devastating... all those people lost... terrible.... /sad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad.gif" /> and to add to this, my uncle just passed away earlier today-- and I just went to see him at the hospital yesterday. uuuggghhh.....

I'm so sorry to hear that, Tiffany. /sad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad.gif" />

Guess lots of us are having a pretty crappy holiday season. My grandmother passed away 4 days before Christmas and the funeral was on Christmas Eve. /sad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad.gif" />