One of the victims in this was my nephew. And I knew the other kids well.
I was thinking of him this evening and Googled his name. This post came up.
I want to tell you that the hospital staff knew Dylan wasn't going to make it. His objecting to blood meant little......a blood transfusion would not have saved him.
The families of each of these kids were never the same afterwards.
One of the fathers was an elder and subsequently resigned. I remember him saying that he had counselled many families over the years about the resurrection, but the experience of losing his son caused him to doubt his own beliefs. He and his wife barely went to meetings after this.
The family of the girl had previously lost a young son to a hit and run accident and they disappeared off the face of the earth after this happened to their daughter.
Dylan's family was practically inactive at the time ( his father is not a JW ) and they remained inactive after he died.
Adam's family was considered "weak" at the time and is still pretty much inactive.
This was nothing more than a terrible tragedy.
