Just had a bit of a shock

[cromwell]

I was watching the news tonight and got a shock when one of the people drowned in the Cornwall surfing tragedy was named as Dr Stuart Calder from Leeds; he operated on my knee five years since. He was a nice man; RIP and condolences to his wife and daughters.

[Suff]

It's always a shock when you get something like that, whether a survivor or a loss. The guy who had the bunk over from mine in basic training in the Army also became the clerk in my last Unit in Germany. I was shocked to find he had been on the Herald of free Enterprise. He survived. I'm sure that some I knew did not.

R.I.P to them all.

[Workingman]

An all-round tragedy for all concerned.

The guilt those young survivors will now feel knowing that their rescuers died trying to save them could do them untold psychological damage.

[Kaz]

Oh how awful, and a horrid shock for you Cromwell! xxxx

[Diflower]

It's a dreadful tragedy, and yes Cromwell, a horrid shock for you xx

[miasmum]

It is horrible when you know someone involved in a tragedy no matter how tenuously