The Worst Tragedy Within The World - 1355 Words

The worst tragedy within the world, in my opinion, is the death of a child. At fourteen years old, one of my best friends’ brother died of a bad heart at age fifteen. The amount of pain I saw within the eyes of my friend’s parents was dramatic. I had and still have the upmost sympathy for them, wishing no one has to ever go through that type of pain. Being a small city boy from Iowa, that death is about as tragic as any event has gotten me. But, as searching for a topic on social justice, I learned that twenty-one thousand children died each day on average according to UNICEF in the year 2013. That means that thousands of parents go through the horrible pain that my friends parents did, but the difference is that these kids are dying of poverty stricken crises. What I mean by poverty stricken crises is death of starvation, or by a disease that is curable but not treated. Poverty is an inescapable idea in the world. All throughout history there has been poverty. 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