Rip Kirk

So, whilst on the block in NY where the world trade center used to be, i got a series of calls from SF, telling me that a good friend, ex-co-worker, and fellow messenger Kirk Janes, had be hit and killed while riding his bike. The details were sketchy, and i knew that recently he had been riding without a helmet. I assumed that that was what led to his death, but was later (and apparrently erroneously) told that he had died of some sort of chest injuries.
My condolences go out to him, his friends, his family, and his girlfriend Heather.

http://www.sfchroniclemarketplace.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/22/BAQU10R3J5.DTL

Wear a helmet kids, it's really important. I know that it makes you look uncool, and i know that it gives you funny tan lines in Summer, but it's really important. It's won't always save your life, and it's unclear whether or not it might have saved kirk's, but it's a small thing you can do for yourself, and for those that love you.

I had gotten closer and closer to kirk in the months before i left, and feel that i might have got to say goodbye more than most others, since i saw him the night before i left SF.

Kirk was a really good kid, and he is already missed, and will be for a long time to come.

peter