Hearing about a friend back home that had to have his stomach  
pumped because he had overdosed on pills.
hearing about a friend back home that had to have his stomach  pumped because he had overdosed on pills
[INST] In this task, you will be performing a classification exercise aimed at identifying the underlying emotion conveyed by a given sentence. The emotions to consider are as follows: Anger, Joy, Sadness, Guilt, Shame, Fear, or Disgust Sentence: Hearing about a friend back home that had to have his stomach  
pumped because he had overdosed on pills. [/INST] sadness