A helicopter carrying two pilots, a flight technician, and at least five other folks crashed yesterday. They’re all dead. One of them was Iran’s president: which made the aviation accident international news.
- News
- “Iran’s president and foreign minister die in helicopter crash at moment of high tensions in Mideast”
Jon Gambrell, AP (May 20, 2024) - “Iran declares five days of mourning for president”
Michael Sheils McNamee, BBC News (May 20, 2024)
- “Iran’s president and foreign minister die in helicopter crash at moment of high tensions in Mideast”
- Wikipedia
I am not happy that at least eight people died in that helicopter. I am particularly troubled, because at least one of those deaths may make life difficult for a great many other folks.
All of which may take a little explaining.
I think human life matters. All human life. Each human life: no matter how young or old, healthy or sick we are. (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2258, 2261, 2268-2283)
The life of everyone in that helicopter mattered because each of them is human. What each one did, and may have believed, doesn’t change that. (Catechism, 360, 1700-1706, 1932-1933, 1935)
Life matters. So does responsibility and justice.
Like everyone else, I can try helping or hurting others. And I’m responsible for my actions. (Catechism, 1701-1709, 1730-1738, 2258)
I’ve talked about death, life, and making sense, before:
- “Euthanasia for the Mentally Ill: Not a Good Idea?”
(January 18, 2023) - “Health and Surfside Condo Collapse: Siloam Scenarios”
(June 26, 2021) - “Executed: Daniel Lewis Lee”
(July 14, 2020)
