It's always tragic when a young person in the prime of life dies unnecessarily, but it's especially sad to me when they die doing something unbelievably unnecessary and stupid.
Take John Jones. No, you can't. Because his body is in the Nutty Putty cave in Utah for the rest of eternity.
John Jones was a young med student with a wife, a child and another baby on the way. He was also a spelunker, someone who explores caves. The fact that there's a word for people who like to do this alarms me.
This week he became stuck in the aforementioned cave and died. Rescue efforts were unsuccessful and the cave has been sealed to prevent others from possibly meeting the same end.
Personally I don't know why someone would feel the need to explore a cave, but apparently thousands of people do, but least there's one less for them to do it in.
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