It is part of being human, it's part of letting go, it's part of expressing a deep sense of loss. But people have no universal philosophy to put tragedies into perspective. A universal philosophy explaining one's purpose on earth, where one came from, and where one will be going, would greatly help religions console victims, and help victims to understand their relationship to eternity. People need to understand that misfortunes are not thrust upon them as punishment but rather that they just happen as a part of life. It is then up to us as individuals to decide how we will handle misfortune and tragedies.
Unfortunate events are just that - unfortunate events.
They are not punishments. They just happen. This is an important statement for it suddenly removes the sense of guilt associated with the belief that the misfortune was brought about as a form of punishment for evil action. Misfortunes and tragedies then become events in life with which we have to find a means to cope, events with which we should as fellow souls assist other souls to cope with. The concept of misfortunes being punishments for wrong doings needs to be discarded by man.