Kevin Durant And Russell Westbrook Paid A Visit To Victims Of The Stillwater Tragedy

The Oklahome State community is still reeling from the tragic incident at Saturday’s homecoming parade, when a car plowed full-speed into a crowd of onlookers, killing four and critically injuring several others. An event so violent is bound to leave a lasting bruise on the group it affected, but to have it taint a moment like a homecoming parade, when societal bonds can feel their strongest, makes the pain that much more acute.

The Oklahoma City Thunder, the only top-flight professional sports team in the state, are doing what they can to restore Oklahomans’ faith in their community by visiting victims and medical professionals at two local hospitals that are tending to the injured. Mitch McGary, Cameron Payne, Andre Roberson, Anthony Morrow and Nick Collison visited with staff and families at OU Medical Center:

Meanwhile, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, Enes Kanter and Kyle Singler visited this girl at OU Children’s Hospital:

And this Facebook status just goes to show that even if you do a good deed and visit these children yourself, no one can brighten a kid’s day quite as much as KD:

When the athletes leave, the pain is still there, but the memory of meeting one of your heroes can be strong enough to mitigate some of the lasting hurt. Good on the Thunder for helping out.