Anthony Apruzzese, his sister Jessica, and their friend Thamara Correa were buried today.They were killed last week in that horrible accident in Wolcott.

It was the dominant story of the week, and part of our thorough coverage was some very solid reporting by Debra Bogstie on Anthony Apruzzese's driving record. I won't go into details here, but it was, in a word, bad. This was the second car he totaled this year, and this time, he paid the ultimate price.

The reaction to Debra's stories was both overwhelmingly positive and overwhelmingly negative.
There were those who said, in essence, "How could you?"
And there were those who said, in essence, "How could HE?"

One viewer even called Apruzzese's myspace.com page to our attention. There is a video on it that apparently features him racing the Honda Prelude he wrecked earlier this year.

For an awful story like this one, we have to walk a very fine line...combining empathy and understanding with the harsh reality of the situation.
I believe we did, but I can understand those who didn't think so.