The real story

"The Sweet Hereafter" was based on a real tragedy that occurred not on ice, but in deep south Texas.

http://articles.latimes.com/1994-01-02/news/mn-7628_1_settlement-money.

The film has always been a favorite of mine.

I'm watching it tonight as some form of catharsis in the aftermath of the Newtown Conn. school shootings.

20 students were shot to death in Conn.

In Alton Texas, 21 students drowned when their bus was knocked into the water.