Sophia Bush's Ex-Boyfriend Was Killed By The Massive Earthquake In Nepal

It’s so crazy that it sounds like a movie plot, but for Sophia Bush and her ex-boyfriend, Dan Fredinburg, it’s all too tragically real. Sophia took to Instagram on Saturday to share her shock over the death of ex-boyfriend Dan Fredinburg, a Google executive who was killed following the massive earthquake in Nepal this weekend. Dan was climbing Mount Everest when the 7.8 magnitude earthquake triggered an avalanche, which killed at least 17 climbers. Although the couple broke up last February, it’s clear that Sophia had no negative feelings towards her ex. Sophia wrote that Dan was “one of my favorite human beings on Earth. He was one of the great loves of my life. He was one of my truest friends.”
The One Tree Hill star went on to encourage her 1.5 million followers to appreciate and hug their friends and family. “Please tell those you love that you do,” she wrote. “Right now. This very minute. And please send a kiss to the sky for my friend Dan.”

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There are no adequate words. Today I find myself attempting to pick up the pieces of my heart that have broken into such tiny shards, I'll likely never find them all. Today I, and so many of my loved ones, lost an incredible friend. Dan Fredinburg was one-of-a-kind. Fearless. Funny. A dancing robot who liked to ride dinosaurs and chase the sun and envision a better future for the world. His brain knew how to build it. His heart was constantly evolving to push himself to make it so. He was one of my favorite human beings on Earth. He was one of the great loves of my life. He was one of my truest friends. He was an incredible brother, a brilliant engineer, and a damn good man. I'm devastated and simultaneously so deeply grateful to have known and loved him, and to have counted him as one of my tribe. I was so looking forward to our planned download of "all the things" when he got home. I am crushed that I will never hear that story. I am crushed knowing that there are over 1,000 people in Nepal suffering this exact feeling, knowing that they too will never hear another tale about an adventure lived from someone that they love. Disasters like this are often unquantifiable, the enormity is too much to understand. Please remember that each person who is now gone was someone's Dan. Please remember that our time on this Earth is not guaranteed. Please tell those you love that you do. Right now. This very minute. And please send a kiss to the sky for my friend Dan. His energy is so big and so bright, and it's all around us, so put some love toward him today. And then hug your loved ones again. #goodbyesweetfriend #savetheice #Nepal #AdventureswithDAN

A post shared by Sophia Bush (@sophiabush) on Apr 25, 2015 at 2:07pm PDT

The earthquake that affected Nepal and its surrounding countries took the lives of over 3,700 people and left thousands injured. Find out how you can help the victims here. Celebrate Dan’s life by checking out some of his Instagram photos that show what an adventurous spirit he was. I don’t know Dan at all, but I can guess that there’s only one way we would have wanted to go – doing something exciting.