God Almighty, just 17 years old. It absolutely wrenches the heart.
As a father of boys, I wonder how I would cope in face of such a loss, or even if I could. My intuition is that I might just go mad with grief.
It is impossible to know what to say in face of such loss, but the feel is undeniable, the loss and the sorrow a life cut so short.
It hurts, and may God bless him, his family, his friends, and all others who have been left behind him.