RIP Zachary Michael Cruz
A 5-year old was hit by a truck today in Berkeley and killed ("Kindergartner Killed in Tragic Accident").
I was involved in a similar accident in Berkeley last year and emerged miraculously with only a few scratches. I was and am very thankful. After that accident, I realized that our existence is all a sea of probabilities; and that being "safe" requires one to try their best to reduce certain probabilities. In the end, though, you can never reduce them to zero, even staying inside your house all day.
Frank Cruz, the child's father, is a PhD student at Berkeley and I can only imagine what his family must be going through. My thoughts are with them.
If you have the means and are the donating type, you can help them defray the costs of the funeral: