Today my country and more
specifically my city woke up to tragedy.
It was breaking news….
Our Olympic and Paralympic hero Oscar
Pistorius had allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
On a day set aside for love we as a
people, as a nation and as supporters are in state of shock and sheer
disbelief.
There is of course, as can be
expected a lot of speculation as to what occurred at Oscar’s home during the
early hours of this morning (around 4am).
Some of the rumors include domestic violence and a case of mistaken identity. A valentine’s surprise gone wrong…..some (during
the first reports) of the speculation revolves around Reeva arriving at Oscar’s
home in the early hours of this morning to prepare a valentine surprise for
him. He hearing unknown sounds in his
home suspected an intruder. He then shot the “intruder” in the arm and head…….and
then instead of an intruder there was Reeva!! To some this might sound crazy
but we live in a country where violence is the norm. In fact SA has some of the world’s highest rates
of violent crime and many carry weapons to defend themselves against intruders.
As you can imagine social networks have been
going crazy and the media has been frantically chasing the story. This is not a
day for speculation, this is not a day for the terrible terrible jokes which are
already floating around Twitter and Facebook.
Today is a day of great sadness
because regardless of whether speculations are confirmed as facts or allegations
are proven true a young beautiful women’s life ended and a young man’s life has
been changed forever.
I have never met either one of them although
I have followed Oscar’s career for the past couple of years and have recently
become aware of Reeva as a brand ambassador for the skincare products I use but
I am shaken to my core and overwhelmed by the magnitude of it all.
It feels very surreal as I watch this
tragedy play out. I am sure that
although the truth will be revealed as the investigation continues there will
always be questions in the minds of both families as to what exactly happened on
this bloody valentine’s day!
My thoughts and prayers go out to
both families.
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| Just the other day.. |
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| Their first "public" appearance together.. |
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| Oscar leaving the scene this morning |
2 comments:
This is so so so terrible. I've been thinking about it all day. How horrible this must be for her family and friends as well as his family and friends. And how traumatised he must be if it did indeed happen on accident. Will be interesting to see what comes out as the investigation continues... Like you said, either way it's a tragedy.
xxx
Jenna
THis is seriously devastating! I am so sad. Thank you for sharing the news with us Lisa! Prayers for you all!!!
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