The five caskets were arranged in a neat line at the front of the room. Those who came to mourn couldn’t help but cry at the stark sight. As they held onto crumpled tissues, they traded whispers. “This is so hard,” they said. “Why did this have to happen?”
‘How could God take almost an entire family?’: Funeral honors 5 family members killed in Utah flash floodLydia Vernon, Katrina Long’s sole surviving child, was not with her mom, stepdad and three brothers when they were killed by a flash flood. During their funeral Wednesday, she said a soft and short prayer, saying the tragedy has been “hard to understand."www.sltrib.com