SIC

Athletes of this kind know what they might be facing from the very first day they settle into competition vehicles. Obsessed, manic, and passionate to the core; it's their choice. Surely, if they have to leave this world young, their love drives them to meet the grim reaper this way rather than succumbing to illness in a hospital bed. My thoughts are with athletes like him, as well as with any poor Mr. Anybody who dies on the job for far less.