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Please God I hope this is not true.
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speechless!!!!!!!
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I'm not seeing any news reports that he passed. They're now just not specifying. Hopefully those were just false reports. Praying for you, Kevin!
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Sorry for the crappy quality of this. I was hurrying to record it....

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KRDO's story is the reason I came over here. I've been MIA for a while, but it's still a "family," of sorts. Travis, I hope you're doing alright, and my prayers are fervent. I'm keeping you in prayer, and I'm keeping Kevin and his family in prayer. This is horrible....and it was a day that was filled with palpable bad ju-ju in the air...
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Wow....I am in complete shock. Kevin was a great kid. My thoughts are with his family.
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This is crushing....having spent time with Kevin on Mt. Massive a month ago he was such an awesome person. I am so heart sick. My prayers will continually be with you Travis and Kevin's family and friends.
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Oh my god. This is unbelievably horrible and disturbing. I never met Kevin, but he just emailed me a couple weeks ago asking for photos of Massive and I shared some with him. Very nice guy ... what a loss.

Sincere condolences to his family and friends. This is painfully sad news.
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My prayers with everyone involved. heartbreaking
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Aubrey wrote:Oh my god. This is unbelievably horrible and disturbing. I never met Kevin, but he just emailed me a couple weeks ago asking for photos of Massive and I shared some with him. Very nice guy ... what a loss.

Sincere condolences to his family and friends. This is painfully sad news.
I exchanged emails with him about Massive right before Memorial Day as well....
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Really tragic. Travis - let us know if you need anything.
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This is shocking news. Travis, my best wishes go out to both you and Kevin's family.
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