When you cover sports for a living, you don't often have to deal with the tragedy other journalists do on a regular basis.
The most devastating thing sports reporters typically deal with is a team or athlete losing in a championship or dealing with a major injury such as the Ryan Shazier situation.
They're tough moments, to be sure. But not to the same level as covering a murder or reporting on the events surrounding a car accident or some kind of natural disaster.
I've done that earlier in my career as a news reporter.