Last week, tragedy struck in Humboldt Saskatchewan when a semi truck t-boned a bus filled with junior hockey players. The internet has been filled with emotion since this horrible incident.

The Humboldt Broncos participated in the “Mannequin Challenge” a year and a half ago.

And this is the beauty in the fact that our kids are recording their lives with their personal devices.

It’s a silly Internet game, a  challenge that was a viral sensation in 2016. It was silly. It was pointless. These boys recorded their challenge (click to view). Aren’t we all so glad they did?

All the selfies those 15 guys took? Those shots are gold to their families today. We often criticize kids for being too absorbed in their device, or for taking pictures of everything.

But the number of kids I know in the past few years who have lost their friends, their classmates, their peers, compels me to wonder if maybe we shouldn’t all record our lives with such glee and such newness. Because when we are gone that data means something to someone.