Columbine's 14th Victim - All State player Greg Barnes

I've been reading a ton about this recently. I know it's not breaking news, but damn just makes you think how fragile life is.

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The only clue as to why Columbine High basketball star Greg Barnes cut short such a promising young life may lie in lyrics found playing over and over in his garage. Barnes hanged himself there Thursday morning after setting a CD player to continuously play a song with the words, "I'm too depressed to go on." Barnes had a bright future as a basketball player.

As a junior, the shooting guard averaged 26 points a game and was named by The Denver Post to the All-Colorado team.

He was a 17-year-old seen by rival coaches as probably the best high school basketball player in Colorado next year.

He was also a teenager who lost a close friend, Matt Kechter, in last year's massacre and witnessed the fatal shooting of Columbine teacher Dave Sanders that day.

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I don't even like Rick Reilly, but he said it probably best, although SI won't let me link for quotes.

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As strong as someone is, there are some things a person can't bounce back from.

Just really makes me think.