Ann Althouse reports on the many deaths on hajj this year (as every year) as carried in the NYT.
Two of the dead were Americans, a couple from Maryland, who spent $23,000 on the trip but did not have the permits. The article ends with a quote from their daughter, the classic statement: "They died doing exactly what they wanted to do."
This always reminds me of one from my son Ben. "At least he died doing what he loved. Surprising tigers."
I think there are a couple of Calvin and Hobbes strips to that effect.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of the reflection "I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming in panic like his passengers."