​​”We are absolutely gutted,” said an animal rescue where Serena Bennett had volunteered for years

Tyler Moore didn't know if Haskell Indian Nations University could "continue onward" after 30-plus staff members were laid off in February

“This devastating loss has left her and her family heartbroken,” a friend wrote after a woman's husband and toddler were hit by a car

“Our dream for them was just to be healthy children," says mom Jennifer Martin

"I didn't know exactly what I was looking at at first," Christopher Thuss said of finding the remains of the massive tugboat

"I thought I was so tough," one senior jokes while watching a video of his younger self

Aine Ni Cheallaigh's death was ruled a drowning, the local coroner's office said

"In a single instant, Brooke lost everything," a friend of Brooke Mustard Moorehead wrote after her husband, daughter and son died in a crash

"Remember your past, but don't live in your past," Davion Only Going was once told. "Because if you live in your past, your past is going to define you"

The young woman's body was found on a walking trail in an Illinois forest preserve

"Nature is quite terrifying," Tiffany Slaton told reporters at a press conference on Friday, May 16

"Kentuckians are strong. We will make it through this," the state's governor said after the storm hit on Friday, May 16

"Love didn’t happen to us. We’re in love because we each made the choice to be," Mandy Len Catron wrote in widely read essay in 2015

The proud dad said the 911 dispatcher "gave me the confidence I didn’t know I had"

“The whole team went down,” Anton Tselykh told a 911 dispatcher after surviving a climbing accident that killed three of his friends

“I just remember my heart dropping,” says mom Lydia Dutcher

ShaVohn White and her 5-year-old daughter Chloe survived the crash, but her 3-year-old daughter Camiria was pronounced dead at the scene

Triplets Caroline, Daniel and Michael Gruseke are all set to graduate from Monmouth University on Thursday, May 15

Trever Staten's "greatest joy was spending time with his kids," according to his obituary

Trever Staten's "greatest joy was spending time with his kids," according to his obituary