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I did not know acemcmac but I wish to offer my heartfelt condolences to all who miss him: family, friends and AnandTech acquaintances alike. He will be in my prayers today. Rest in peace, traveler who left us at such a young age, and may the Lord look kindly upon you. 🙁
 
Rick was killed while visiting another friend from our group who goes to PSU. More of us were invited to be there, but we lived farther away and none of us were up to driving that far. In the past day I've wondered about a thousand times if my being there could have prevented something. I just don't know.

What that article doen't tell you is that the friend he was visiting was standing 2 feet away from the accident as it happened, and one second later it would have been him killed. At the moment he is completely traumatized, a few of us have grouped up here at my apartment in Virginia to make our way back today to talk to him. He was the one who called me yesterday morning to tell me about Rick, and the only thing I could think the whole time was "This is some sick, twisted, not-funny-at-all joke".

Although Rick was an highly opinionated guy who got under everyone's skin from time-to-time (myself included), he was still someone to be respected. He geniunely cared about other people, especially his friends. He was there at a moment's notice when anyone needed them, and he was always ready to listen when one of us needed to blow off steam. His apartment was where we all went to hang out and relax, or hide from our parents when we couldn't take home anymore (I did that myself a couple times) and he always took us in without a single question for as long as we needed. That's just the kind of guy he was - he really did his best to be a good friend.

If you take nothing else away from this tragedy, at least take this: don't drive drunk. Ever. Walk home, call a friend, sleep in your backseat, whatever. Just please don't drive.

Rick is the one on the right with the orange shirt (I'm on the left):
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Edit: One of just him: Rick.jpg

R.I.P. Rick, I'm sorry I wasn't as good a friend to you as you were to me.
 
🙁 I was going to meet up with him, i live in the next town over. Man, this really sucks. I hope his family can get through this.

oh and i want to know what happens to that asshole drunk driver.
 
Man this is sad. I was just reading the thread about the philly meet because I live in the area and I noticed the RIP posts. Man this is just awful My condolescences.
 
Man, this is terrible. The poor guy was just starting with his adult life. I really enjoyed reading about him working on his house, you could tell he was so proud of it. 🙁
 
Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
In the past day I've wondered about a thousand times if my being there could have prevented something. I just don't know.
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Try not to beat yourself up over that. We all do, but really nothing you or anyone did would've prevented what happened from happening.

Thanks for the pics. Tell his friends/family to read this thread if you think it can be of any condolence to them.
 
In a recent thread about drunk driving acemcmac said "I really belive that if you've had enough to drink that you crash or get caught, you've had it coming to you..."

I do hope the driver has it coming to him but good.

So sad that a promising life was cut so short. :brokenheart:
 
I posted early in the thread last night and went to bed hoping that, by some chance, I would wake up to discover this was a hoax or a case of mistaken identity. Sadly, it's not and it really hits home now. 🙁

I was surprised to see that Rick was only 21. Granted, he liked to have fun and nef occasionally (but who of us doesn't), but there seem to be a maturity in many of his threads that you don't often see from someone so young.

He will be missed.
 
To the friends and family of Rick,
On behalf of my family, may I express our condolences for your terrible loss.
Rest In Peace, Richard Smith.
 
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Never really talked directly to him (from what I remember), but I certainly recognise the name and the associated avatar.

Its pretty messed up when stuff like this happens.
 
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