WORSE than I learned earlier, 2 of my daughter's nursery school class students uncles, AND one father,

[elleng]

were on the plane. Parents of classmates came to school crying, during the day.

Daughter is quite upset, as am I, so I'm 'lounging.'

[regnaD kciN]

1. R.I.P.

[Clouds Passing]

2. Uncles and father

[SheltieLover]

3. Hugs

[Liberty Belle]

4. How awful. My heart goes out to you and all who suffered these losses.

I can't even find words to console a child so young whose lost a parent or friend this way.

[MLAA]

5. Hugs to all in pain and sadness.

[milestogo]

6. oh, so sad

[Xipe Totec]

7. Para Entonces - For then.

I want to die when the day declines,
on the high sea, with my face to the sky;
where agony may seem like a dream,
and the soul, a bird that takes flight on high.

To hear, in those final fleeting moments,
with only the sky and the sea around,
no voices, no sobbing prayers of lament,
but the solemn crash of the waves resound.

To die when the light, in sorrow, withdraws
its golden nets from the green-tinted tide,
and be like that sun that slowly dissolves:
something bright and radiant, yet lost in time.

To die—and young—before life’s cruel hand
destroys the garland of grace I bear;
while life still whispers: “I am yours,”
though we both know that she lies.

Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera

[iluvtennis]

8. May they all Rest in Peace and May their memories be blessings. n/t

[DENVERPOPS]

9. Sort of how I felt

when the United Airlines corporate executives told the pilot to fly the unsafe plane or he would be fired.....so he did, and three of my friends died along with every one else on the plane, when the unsafe plane crashed in the Pacific near Long Beach Harbor just after taking off from LAX....

[niyad]

10. Holding all of you in love and light.

[BradBo]

11. I copied this about the Latino vote from NBC.

"Vice President Kamala Harris finished with a slim majority of support from Hispanic voters, at 53%, while Trump vacuumed up about 45% of the vote, a 13-point increase from 2020 and a record high for a Republican presidential nominee, according to NBC News exit polls."
I didn't know they were that uninformed. We freaking tried. It's the farm owners that keep them dumb. Now the farms are gonna fail. Get ready for oranges being literally gold and leaky roofs.

[KitFox]

12. The heart wrenching tentacles of grief reach far and wide and will

for a lifetime in the aftermath of this horrific tragedy. Wishing strength for your daughter and you.

[elleng]

13. and MORE, just learned, they were sitting in front (first class)

and have not been removed from plane (or were not earlier) due to location.