Its not good news, but it is the news I had hoped would come. Today ND put out a press release about the death of a student on their campus.
ESPN News: "President: Notre Dame responsible"
I wrote a blog the other day and if you didn't read it I basically just wondered if ND would do the right thing.
They didn't dance around the issues, they didn't blame the kid for not bringing down the lift, they didn't say we didn't know the weather was that bad, we didn't ____... they said this:
"Declan Sullivan was entrusted to our care, and we failed to keep him safe," the Rev. John Jenkins wrote. "We at Notre Dame and ultimately I as president are responsible. Words cannot express our sorrow to the Sullivan family and to all involved."
Obviously he wrote more, but that is sometimes all you can ask for when tragedy strikes. So thank you to Notre Dame for restore faith that in the midst of a legal battle, during a losing season, during hard times they just flat out said "We failed".
I think in the midst of all the current politics, mud slinging, elections, and other distractions in the world this is refreshing. Someone just flat out said, "We failed".
So ND answered by blog Will ND Do The Right Thing? They did and today I am proud of their actions, and even though it won't bring Declan back hope it brings the family more closure. I just became a little more Irish today.
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