Quite apart from his being an exceptionally handsome young chap who, by all accounts was a real pleasure to know, my heart bleeds for his mother, whom I've heard interviewed on the radio several times. Despite her seemingly irrational measures to fight to keep her effectively dead son "alive," she presents as such a strong, insightful person, determined to make the best of her personal tragedy. Then yesterday, during an interview on internet radio stat LBC, she finally lost control and broke down in tears. It made my heart heamorrhage. Particularly as someone planning to become a parent myself soon. Who knows what really happened? Kids do crazy things. I sure did when I was 12. |