Or those who were killed…

Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam fell on them..." - Luke 13:4

Or those 59 who were killed
in a nightclub fire in Macedonia.
Or those 227,898 who were killed 
when the Indian Ocean roared.
Or those 6,000,000 and millions more who were killed 
when the whim of Hitler ruled.
Or the 1 of many who was killed 
when Attila or Alexander swept across the plains.
It is not possible to think of them all
taken too early by war, famine, and disease,
taken by catastrophe, human error, and God's-error.
Is "taken" the right word for the death of numbers?
If so, who takes?  
And, who receives?