Stoddard's death was wrong and he will be missed

Justin Stoddard's death is so indescribably wrong. Why he died and how he died are inexcusable. A person's life should never be negotiated like his was. It hurts me more because I was friends with Justin. Really good friends. He was way too young to be doing what he had been doing and he was way too young to die. Some people think Justin was just a kid. But to me, he was also a wonderful, amazingly nice kid. He may have been a little smelly at times and he may not have been what everybody would call a perfect child, but that was the beauty of him. He was human, as cliché as that sounds. He understood real life, maybe even too much for his young age. And he meant good by his actions. I can remember him helping my mother put together her table and the multiple times he would come visit me at home and remind me that I still had good friends who did care. Now I don't have him. And it is sad. Now, he will never get to visit me and teach me how to skateboard like he had always promised. Justin, I really love you and will miss you so bad. I hope you know that, wherever you are. Monique HamiltonColfax High School 2006 graduate, Berkeley