Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, which has become the most popular companies in the world, usually comes up with crazy projects, ideas and posts on social media. However, Musk has recently come to the agenda with sad news, the opposite of these news.
The news shared by Bloomberg included the conversations Elon Musk had with the father of a driver who died in a Tesla accident in 2018. In the accident in May 2018, 18-year-old Tesla Model S driver Barrett Riley and his friend in the passenger seat lost their lives.
“My first son died in my arms”
Some time after the accident, a correspondence began between Musk and James Riley, the father of the 18-year-old driver. “Losing a child is the worst thing that can happen to a person in life,” Musk wrote in this correspondence. He was saying his condolences to Riley, talking about the accident and his sadness over the loss of his son.
The correspondence between the two continued for 6-7 weeks. So much so that after a while, Musk said in one of the e-mails he sent to Riley that he was experiencing similar pain. Musk said, “I understand you very well. My first son died in my arms. I felt the last heartbeat.” had used the words.
Although Elon Musk has 6 children today, he would have had 7 children if the child he mentioned had not died. Nevada Alexander Musk, the first child of Elon Musk and his ex-wife Justine Wilson, died of sudden infant death syndrome at the age of 10 weeks.
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