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Letter: Tribune devastated cyclist’s family by sharing photo and video from fatal ride

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Cyclists gather and ride around Salt Lake City's Liberty Park, Saturday July 21, 2018, in remembrance of Cameron Hooyer, a rider who was killed by a FrontRunner train during a 999 Ride on Thursday.

I am disgusted and heartbroken like Ruth Stevens (Aug. 1) by the picture on the front page of the Utah section of Cameron Hooyer, seconds before he was killed by a train. As if that wasn’t bad enough, you put the video online. I’m only a family friend and I cannot bear to watch it. Can you imagine how it affects the people who loved Cameron, a young man with a bright future? How could you devastate his family again?

Who makes those decisions at the Tribune? They need to learn compassion, as Ruth says. I’ve always loved the Tribune, but not anymore.

Elizabeth Perkins, Cottonwood Heights

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