This is an excellent point, Verona (and I love your last line. )
I remember right after the Columbine school shooting tragedy, one of the parents of one of the victims was on The Today Show. Now, you might say, why go on that show if you want your privacy to be protected? But even so, that wench Katie Couric asked the father flat out "How did you feel when you learned your son had been killed?" I swear - I about tried to reach through the TV and strangle her to death. I yelled at the screen "How the F*** do you think he felt, you moron??? Tell us, how did you feel when you learned your husband was going to die from colon cancer at 42?"
Gawd.
Of course he's devastated. And I'm sure being asked such inane and insensitive questions would only aggravate the situation further.
Someone actually ASKED a parent how they felt when their son had been shot??? : FFS.
Like you said, how did he or she think he felt? God almighty, what a stupid insensitive question. Bloody morons.
As for Jake, of course he,s devastated. I should imagine, and I,m only guessing like we all are, that he simply can,t face talking to anyone. I should imagine he,d break down in tears.
(((((((((((((((Jake))))))))))))))))