Author Topic: Really sad story from MSNBC (Read 1980 times)

Smooth Groove · « **on:** February 11, 2008, 12:34:59 AM »

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23096041/?GT1=10856

Kim Sjostrom wanted a real-life version of the film "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," which played in the background as friends fixed her hair and makeup before her own marriage ceremony.

But less than an hour after she and Teddy Efkarpides were wed, Sjostrom crumpled in her husband's arms during a Greek song that means "Love Me."

At 36, Sjostrom was dead from heart disease.

The wedding had became a project at Davie Elementary School, where Sjostrom taught first grade. Fellow teachers provided the wedding gown, the flowers and decorations. One of them, an ordained minister, performed the ceremony.

"It was perfect for her," said Dominic Church, the minister friend.

Sjostrom carried blue and white flowers during the ceremony — the colors of the Greek flag — as she exchanged vows with Efkarpides, a 43-year-old carpenter and Navy veteran. They had met three years to the day before the Jan. 19 wedding.

During the couple's first dance, Sjostrom complained of being lightheaded. Efkarpides thought his wife, a diabetic, needed sugar, but she collapsed.

Wedding guests, paramedics and doctors at a nearby hospital were unable to revive her.

She had a previous cardiac episode in her 20s and was a poster child _ literally _ for juvenile diabetes, relatives and friends said. Efkarpides recalled seeing the poster featuring her on New York subways.

He consoles himself by reading a list of "101 Reasons Why I Love You" that Sjostrom gave him their first Christmas together. "Number 1. You make me smile."

No. 98 is especially difficult: "You're the one I want to grow old with."

Mupepe · « **Reply #1 on:** February 11, 2008, 12:41:49 AM »

holy shit that's depressing dude

CurseoftheGods · « **Reply #2 on:** February 11, 2008, 12:52:36 AM »

Ichirou · « **Reply #3 on:** February 11, 2008, 12:54:38 AM »

Thanks for bringing me down. Fucking horrible.

drozmight · « **Reply #4 on:** February 11, 2008, 01:00:38 AM »

.... damn that's terrible.

Himu · « **Reply #5 on:** February 11, 2008, 01:03:35 AM »

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #6 on:** February 11, 2008, 01:46:59 AM »

Heart Disease is a silent killer and many of its symptoms cross over into many less serious issues. Very sad story.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #7 on:** February 11, 2008, 07:23:37 PM »

:'(

TVC15 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 11, 2008, 07:39:18 PM »

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on February 11, 2008, 07:25:33 PM

This is the saddest thing ever.

Incorrect. This photo and the surrounding story is the saddest thing ever:

tiesto · « **Reply #9 on:** February 11, 2008, 07:44:55 PM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on February 11, 2008, 07:39:18 PM

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on February 11, 2008, 07:25:33 PM
This is the saddest thing ever.

Incorrect. This photo and the surrounding story is the saddest thing ever:

(Image removed from quote.)

What's the surrounding story?

TVC15 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 11, 2008, 07:48:08 PM »

Quote from: tiesto on February 11, 2008, 07:44:55 PM

Quote from: TVC 15 on February 11, 2008, 07:39:18 PM
Quote from: Genghis Cohen on February 11, 2008, 07:25:33 PM
This is the saddest thing ever.

Incorrect. This photo and the surrounding story is the saddest thing ever:

(Image removed from quote.)

What's the surrounding story?

It's a sudanese kid trying to crawl to some sort of food distributing location during a plague, with a vulture preying on it. The photographer committed suicide a yearish later. After winning the pulitzer for the picture.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #11 on:** February 11, 2008, 07:49:54 PM »

i was gonna make some smart-ass remark about the incident in the original op being a "made for lifetime" moment, but tvc's pic/story made me :'( fo' realz

:'(

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12 on:** February 11, 2008, 08:05:19 PM »

We got a new client at work who is from Sudan and was torchered, and as a result is now suffering from post traumatic stress disorder and has just shut down.

why can't I spell

TVC15 · « **Reply #13 on:** February 11, 2008, 08:06:38 PM »

Quote from: Father_Mike on February 11, 2008, 08:05:19 PM

We got a new client at work who is from Sudan and was torchered, and as a result is now suffering from post traumatic stress disorder and has just shut down.

why can't I spell

I like how you know you are misspelling things even as you write them, but something prevents you from correcting the mistakes.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #14 on:** February 11, 2008, 08:14:46 PM »

its tor-cher-ed. Thats how I pronounce it at least. not my fault the written language has lost touch with how it's spoken!

brawndolicious · « **Reply #15 on:** February 11, 2008, 08:16:29 PM »

tortured..

what do you mean he has shut down?

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #16 on:** February 11, 2008, 08:20:47 PM »

I don't know, thats just what the boss said when he was informing us about him and that if he does anything weird suddenly to get the boss. I only said hello to him to introduce myself.

Bloodwake · « **Reply #17 on:** February 11, 2008, 08:47:24 PM »

Winter STRIKES AGAIN.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #18 on:** February 11, 2008, 09:31:04 PM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on February 11, 2008, 07:48:08 PM

Quote from: tiesto on February 11, 2008, 07:44:55 PM
Quote from: TVC 15 on February 11, 2008, 07:39:18 PM
Quote from: Genghis Cohen on February 11, 2008, 07:25:33 PM
This is the saddest thing ever.

Incorrect. This photo and the surrounding story is the saddest thing ever:

(Image removed from quote.)

What's the surrounding story?

It's a sudanese kid trying to crawl to some sort of food distributing location during a plague, with a vulture preying on it. The photographer committed suicide a yearish later. After winning the pulitzer for the picture.

This is by Kevin Carter, right? I know about it from the Manic Street Preachers song but had never seen the actual pic 'til now. It is indeed horrible.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #19 on:** February 11, 2008, 10:01:47 PM »

Quote from: Father_Mike on February 11, 2008, 08:20:47 PM

I don't know, thats just what the boss said when he was informing us about him and that if he does anything weird suddenly to get the boss. I only said hello to him to introduce myself.

damn, that's sad.

rodi · « **Reply #20 on:** February 11, 2008, 10:05:05 PM »

wtf. :'(

CurseoftheGods · « **Reply #21 on:** February 11, 2008, 10:05:24 PM »

Fuck, this thread is depressing.

Beezy · « **Reply #22 on:** February 11, 2008, 10:07:43 PM »

[youtube=425,350]ZBwVlsa7_gs[/youtube]
:'(

CurseoftheGods · « **Reply #23 on:** February 11, 2008, 10:09:28 PM »

TVC15 · « **Reply #24 on:** February 11, 2008, 10:15:48 PM »

Also, Victorian death photography is awesome

CurseoftheGods · « **Reply #25 on:** February 11, 2008, 10:16:26 PM »

Jesus, TVC.

Ichirou · « **Reply #26 on:** February 11, 2008, 10:21:25 PM »

Wikipedia has a choice selection of death photography. It's truly disturbing. It was also a major plot point in that Amenabar movie, The Others.

max_cool · « **Reply #27 on:** February 11, 2008, 10:24:03 PM »

Beezy made me hate myself for laughing... Oh well some of us have to be uncaring psychopaths

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