Trying to make sense of a tragedy
by Dylan Hernandez, Los Angeles Times
Jan 28, 2018
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES_One by one, the speakers climbed on the dais and shared their memories of the departed.
The portrait of Tyler Hilinski that emerged at his funeral Saturday at Damien High in La Verne was that of a caring and sensitive young man who drove his teammates on Washington State's football team to counseling sessions and spoke to his high school-aged younger brother over the phone every day.
On the surface, it didn't make any sense. These stories never make any sense.
Here was a
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