With Clayton dead, she was the one person who could destroy his fragile life here at the firm.

"It just showed me how fragile life was," he said.

And in her heart she allowed hope to blossom into fragile life again.

"They remind us of how necessary our dreams and desires are to the fragile lives we piece together."

I think what it did was, it made a lot of them realize how truly fragile life is.

Sometimes it's hard to believe how fragile life is.

"It made me more aware of how fragile life is, when you see a lot of people die," he said.

More so than most of his peers, because he understands how fragile life really is.

This was a surging sense of life; vital, fragile and strong at once.

He retained a grip on life so fragile that it seemed the least shock would cause all to collapse together.