Surviving: a Blessing or a Curse? - Comments

The boy should be the judge of this. I'm sure at times he will be sad his parents and brother died. If he didn't then he is one weird kid. But I'm sure he would also be glad to survive at times. One day he may meet a beautiful woman and have children of his own, grandchildren as well. Though it may not fill the hole in his heart caused by the death of his parents and brother, it will create a new place to make his heart bigger, and an appreciation for life.

You know,
some people have to live with those kinds of circumstances. Including this Dutch boy. I'm sorry, but who are you to question whether he should have lived or died? Fate has obviously extended his life. So...Ugh. I really didn't like what you had to say.

His survival was a miracle, a gift from God. But it'll be his decisions that make the rest of his life a blessing or a curse.

You never think about that side of these "miracles". I know it would be a curse if something similar happened to me. Very thought-provoking article, thumbs up.

When a situation like that happens it has to be a miracle because its mind boggling that out all those people he survived which means its fate maybe hes supposed to do something great in his life or change someone elses life or something but out of anything the truth is obvious. He was meant to live. Thats my opinion.

My opinion is that it's a curse.
He's ten years old and lost all close relation to him.
Watched his family die in a plane crash, his own flesh and blood.
But it is true that it is a miracle he lived.
I hope he finds happiness in the near future,
God knows he'll need it.

That's terrible, but hopefully he'll thank God he's alive.

This brought tears to my eyes.

aww, i think blessing though. Life is life.

Wow... Almost got the water works going towards the end there...

Although it's going to be extremely hard for such a young boy to cope with such a tragic lose, I do believe it is a blessing. Even though it's terrible that something like that could happen, the little dutch boy can draw srength from his troubles. If he can survive through this (both physically and mentally), there are very few things he CAN'T get through in his life.
Nice article, Mandy 8)

I definitely see it as a blessing. It's tragic that he lost his family, surely, but he has more family that loves him. He's very young and with a supportive family to take care of him, I'm sure he'll make good use of this chance at life he's gotten.

Terrible and tragic things happen all the time, and people can overcome that and move on to live very happy and prosperous lives.

It's a blessing. To me, life can never be a curse, no matter how hard it might be for some people. Yeah, it's true you can't replace your loved ones, but he'll still have the memories they gave him. And hopefully, he'll find comfort and hope in them.

True, but your parents are still your parents. They can't just be replaced. It's not the same. There's no fixing a loss of a person, especially your family. Poor kid, I pray he'll still find happiness in his life.

I think it's a total blessing that he's still here. Hopefully, the people who have him will love him just as much as his parents did.