Have you ever known a family who was super close? So often when we hear of horrific familial tragedies, it’s the same story: we saw it coming, they were fighting all the time, they were being cut off from their extended family and friends. But every so often, we hear of another kind of family: an idyllic family, gone in a flash, and no one saw it coming.

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