A Sudden News

This morning I half heard about some accident at the Smashing Pumpkin concert at PNE. For some reason I heard that a 70 year old man got killed.

Later, I got a message from Steph F. The message said, "Did you know the news about K____?"

I didn't know what she was talking about and replied her saying, "No what about him?"

And when she didn't reply I joked with a friend saying, "My friend said I am suppose to know about some news about this guy. I wonder what it is."

"Is it bad?"

"I can't really tell," I replied and added as a joke, "As far as I can see it can be anything from, 'he is a father' to 'he is a millionair'."

When I came back home, almost 8:30pm, my father asked me if I heard about some guy in my old school who died in a concert. I still didn't make any connection.

Then he told me, he is a Chinese.

And then I realized.

The moment I got home I searched on google to find out more about this. Here's the news article about him:

Autopsy on fan who died at Smashing Pumpkins concert set for Thursday
source: http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hnU9iR3Ujtcop6vSpY9IubfzJW7Q

VANCOUVER - The B.C. coroner's office says it won't know until Thursday how a man died at a Smashing Pumpkins concert in Vancouver.

Vancouver police say the concert-goer was unconscious when he was dragged out of the crowd at the PNE Forum on Monday night.

One witness reported the man had fallen while crowd-surfing.

Police couldn't rule out the incident was linked to jostling and semi-violent dancing known as moshing but said there was nothing in the police report to indicate obvious signs of injury.

At a Smashing Pumpkins concert in Dublin in 1996, a 17-year-old girl was crushed and later died when the crowd of people surged to the front of the stage and began to surf over the crowd.

The band stopped the show twice to lift people to safety while Pumpkins' frontman Billy Corgan told the crowd that people were being hurt.

Concert promoters and the band issued statements extending condolences to the family of the man who died.

"The Smashing Pumpkins were deeply saddened to learn about the passing of a young man who attended their Vancouver show Monday night," said a statement from the band.

"As they and everyone else await news from the investigation into the nature of his passing, the band want to express their sincerest condolences to his family and friends."

John Vlautin, vice-president of communications for concert promotion company Livenation, said the company is awaiting an official report from local authorities.

"We extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the deceased."

This is so wrong. This guy is not just any fans. He is a really talented musician. He played so many musical instruments. And I just saw him a few months back.

The saddest thing is to see K___ still on-line on msn. But now, next to him name is a message that says to add his sister on the list. I talked to Somnifer, and talking to her made me remember I actually took some pictures of him. Looking at those pictures I realize I actually did more with him than I can remember. He was in my program, he was in the same group for camp with me, we went to the grade 10 trip together. I remember suddenly of that play that he and his friends did that got them in deep trouble. It wasn't supposed to be offensive, but it turned out to be. I remember him being sprayed with shaving cream and locked outside his room during the trip, and how Somnifer, being the nice person that she is, let her go back in from our room. I remember...

Rest in peace, K___.