Friday April 6, 2018 is a day that will live in infamy for shattering every heart in Saskatchewan.
The Humboldt Broncos were on their way to play the Nipawin Hawks for the fifth game in the playoff series. Along Highway 35, a horrific bus accident saw 15 lives lost and 14 injured.
The outpouring of support, not only our province, but from coast to coast 鈥� and the world 鈥� was steadfast and swift.
A GoFundMe Page for the families of the men that lost their lives, was started and within 48 hours it had reached over five million dollars.
On Sunday, April 8 an emotional vigil was in the arena at Humboldt that the Broncos called 鈥渉ome鈥� and vigils were also held across the province and the country to let the team, the families and extended families, the amazing first responders, firemen, RCMP, STARS ambulance personnel, doctors, nurses, specialists 鈥� an never-ending list - know they were not alone! Moments of silence were held and, even in the silence, one could hear the hearts breaking and the tears falling.
Teams travel all over our province, all over everywhere in every province; there is always that fear of something to happen in the hearts of parents sending their children out onto those highways in every season. Parents just pray that they all get there safe and they return safe ... The unimaginable has happened in our province. Now we walk with the broken and hold them up.
The hockey community in Saskatchewan has been greatly saddened, not knowing how we are going to heal. We will heal with prayer, we will heal with broken hearts, we will heal together. We will be a much stronger province; from this tragedy comes a light of hope that We Will Be okay. But for now, we mourn.
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