[RedDevil]

News like this makes me shudder. There is a thin line between normal life and a catastrophy, and sometimes you just wonder: What if?

I used to live in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands.
One sunny saturday I went to do shopping at the local mall. My neighbor was washing his car so we chatted for half an hour. Finally I arrived at the mall at noon precisely.
I did my shopping and went home.
Everything was still nice and lovely.
Because I had moved to Nieuwegein a couple of years before.
If I had done the exact same thing at the exact same time in my old home town, I would have met Tristan van der Vlis, emptying his sub machine gun on the shopping public at the mall nearest to my old home.
7 died that day including Tristan.

I have deep respect for the victims, of which I only knew one vaguely. I am not a victim myself obviously, but somehow it felt way too close for comfort.