Read these 2 first
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/suffolk/ny-liside0103,0,147229.story

http://www.wpix.com/landing/?Two-Men-Arrested-in-LI-Teens-Death=1&blockID=175375&feedID=1404

I know that was alot to take in, and now you get to hear me rant about it.

I have worked in both paid and unpaid positions in animal care for quite a long time, and in that time I've seen plenty of animals die. After a while it didn't really bother me except for one type of circumstance: when young animals died.

It's always been the same with hearing about kids dying. I just dont like hearing about young people dying before their time. It saddens me deeply. It just doesn't sit well with me when I hear about a young person dying.

Even though Garrett went to my school, I didn't know him, although my girlfriend did. Still, I feel the loss all the same. And the "what if's" fly around in my head. What if he had called for a ride or stayed at a friends house? What if he had been found sooner? What if he hadn't drank the alcohol at all? What if he had not been given the alcohol in the first place? What if someone had had better judgement than to give vodka to a 14 year old boy?

He should still be here. Maybe he would have gotten in trouble for drinking, but atleast he'd be around to take the beating. He should be around to give love to his family and receive love from them and hang out with his friends and go to the beach and go to concerts and parties and enjoy life. He should be here.

It just really bothers me. It's just not right.