This week there are two tragic incidents happened to young people. Both are water-related fatal incidents in the little Malaysian town of Kampar.
Incident 1
A hanging bridge collapsed after a few naughty naive school children started jumping and shaking the bridge while some students were crossing it during a school camping activity. The bridge gave way and 22 students fell into the river. 3 students were drown.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/10/27/nation/20091027085329&sec=nation
Incident 2
4 college mates went to a waterfall for a swim. A sudden gush of water pushed 3 of them away and they drowned.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/11/3/nation/5031766&sec=nation
Death is so sudden. A moment of carelessness and naivety can cause the loss of lives.
Like defensive driving, we must always practise defensive living. We must always be conscious of the potential dangers lurking in every corner at our lives.
Whatever that has the potential of causing injuries or deaths should be avoided.
However, it does not mean that we should be overwhelmed with constant fears but it is just that we should be aware of potential dangers.
We should use our logic and intuition to predict dangers.
In the first incident, deaths would not have occurred if those few naughty boys did not start monkeying around with deaths.
Saying sorry or paying compensation to the grieved cannot bring back lives.
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