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Now, her name is spoken in hushed tones. Her bedroom remains as she left it. Her parents wake up every morning to a silence that wasn’t there before. And her friends are left with a lesson no teenager should have to learn firsthand: that some mistakes cannot be corrected, no matter how innocent the intention behind them.
Her story stands as a stark reminder that curiosity without guidance can be deadly, and that conversations about safety cannot wait until after tragedy strikes. Childhood does not come with immunity from irreversible outcomes.
And that is what makes this loss so unbearable.