I'm not a parent, and when I think of what this must be like, the pain, the memories, the might have beens, I can only reach the thin end of the wedge in understanding what they, and everyone close, must be going through.
If ever my thoughts and well wishes could make a difference then I'll send a whole head of them. But I doubt that they will.
I've been contacted by someone who may know the deceased, who is understandably very emotional, and in view of some of the judgemental comments already made on the thread have decided to lock it.
Time and place for everything, and NSC, today, is neither of those when it comes to pointing fingers.
I took so many crazy risks when I was young that my parents knew nothing about. This is tragic and my heart felt thoughts go out to his family. Gut wrenching. So so sad.