JayMatt:
(This is not relevant to your OP, but I did not say that Jews could be CH”V punished, without cause, though the Lekach Tov did seem to indicate this when he seemed to imply that tzaddikim would have been swallowed up in the ground had they not separated from Korach’s midst because of kivan sheNitan.)
Again, you insisted all along that Kivan sheNitan did not apply to Sandy.
But even according to your interpretation, Kivan sheNitan does, indeed, apply to Sandy, unlike your OP which was concerned with other matters and unlike all your following posts, up until this most recent one, in which you refused to consider this fact. I suppose your most recent post is as close to a retraction as can be expected.
You’re welcome, and all the best.