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| Kishore Cruze |
The Dhaka-bound bus lost control when its driver hit the brakes of the speeding vehicle for unknown reasons.
Three passengers were killed and others were badly injured and rushed to a local hospital for emergency care.
It was a shocking blow to learn that one of the passengers killed was a second-year seminarian from Holy Spirit National Major Seminary in Dhaka.
Kishore Cruze, 25, was traveling back to the seminary after spending a month’s summer vacation at home.
His colleague Mintu Rozario, 26, injured his leg in the crash.
Surprisingly, the tragedy was not covered by the mainstream media in Bangladesh, though it appeared here on ucanews.com on August 5.
The tragic news came to us by phone from one of our local reporters in Tangail.
I was stunned and remained motionless for a moment because I simply could not believe the news. I called the reporter again to verify, and he confirmed that the tragedy was true.
When I got home, I sent SMS messages to all our reporters and almost all of my former seminary friends who knew Kishore Cruze.
Most of them responded quickly with phone calls, including one friend in the United States. Like me, they were all disheartened.
Kishore (which means “adolescent” in Bengali) was not a close friend but he has a face to remember always. He will always remain young in our memories.
He was one of the best seminarians I’ve ever met during my 1999-2007 seminary life. He was simple, honest and hard-working.
I had known him since 2004 when he came to attend a Special Study Program at St. Joseph’s Seminary at the archbishop’s house in Dhaka after intermediate exams.
One thing I hope all my friends will never forget is Kishore’s all-conquering smile. Every time anyone talked to him, he used to smile – a rare thing among people these days.
He was a very meek and humble boy and very respectful to senior seminarians. I hardly ever saw him show any signs of annoyance or anger at anything or anyone.
I still recall his large smile when I last met him on May 14 this year, when 10 of my former classmates received Cassock after completing three years at the major seminary.
It is really painful for anyone who knew Kishore to believe he had to depart so untimely and tragically. The Church should never have to bear the loss of such a good future priest.
Yet today, I cannot accept the fact that the ever-smiling face is no more. Why are good people taken away too soon?
We’ll miss you, Kishore, today and always. We hope you keep on smiling from heaven until, if we deserve it, we will meet you again.
Published on UCAN Blog on August 9, 2011
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