A tragedy is an event of great loss, usually of human life. Such an event is said to be tragic. Traditionally, the event would require “some element of moral failure, some flaw in character, or some extraordinary combination of elements” to be tragic.
To me this is tragic even in the Greek sense
ZombieMantis@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Well, that kid didn’t ask to be there, so that’s pretty tragic.