Johnny Gaudreau of the Columbus Blue Jackets and his brother Matthew were killed while cycling yesterday. Gaudreau, 31, leaves behind a wife and two young children. I read somewhere that Matthew, 29, leaves behind a pregnant wife.
As if all that wasn't enough, today - the day after their deaths - was supposed to be the wedding of their sister. Apparently the wedding was cancelled, understandably.
Oh, and it gets worse. Reports are that the vehicle that struck them as they biked was driven by a drunk driver. So this could have all been avoided.
Like many others horrified by the news, I can't help thinking of the utter devastation that has hit this family. It's Shakespearean in scope. Today and this weekend should have been a joyous family celebration, but instead they're planning the funerals of two young men senselessly lost. This family has lost two sons/brothers, two wives have been widowed, at least three children have been deprived of their fathers, and a young couple's marriage will always have the shadow of her brothers' deaths attached to it. I don't know how, as a family, you survive something like this.
And this story got even more brutal: Johnny Gaudreau's wife is nine weeks pregnant.
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