Tragic though this is, I don't think it's utterly shocking that people haven't reacted (or over reacted) to get involved with a persons bad news. I am sure those close and lesser known to the family will do everything they can to ease the pain during tough times. That lad is clearly loved and cherished. Stories like we've had from Preston this week are utterly shocking, where parents apparently have no love or respect for their kids to the point that they kill them. It's like Facebook, people see the need to post things like (and I kid you not) "R.I.P, that big bloke off Green Mile". This was someone that I unfriended after seeing it on his timeline this week, presumably just to join in on the public outpouring of emotion.