I was 5 seconds from death today. (page 4)

DeusMauzzim

Glad you're still here Snakes!

Pffff the tension on JWD lately!

- Deus Mauzzim

Quandry

Snakes

Just wanted to add my thoughts on being glad you made it. What a horrible experience. I am so sorry to hear that someone's life was cut short in just the matter of a few seconds.

It makes me thankful that my family is at home safe right now. We never know......

Glad you were lucky enough to survive this close brash with death. It reminds me of a similar experience when a guy lost control of his car and moved into our lane as I saw him coming I thought that's it. But luckily for me he hit the car right in front which rotated and hit mine but not particularly hard. They were no doubt seriously injured since they couldn't stand up and were carried away on stretchers.

The driver tried to get away but went in a dead road and was caught, he had no driving licence or car insurance.

snarf

Such mindless tragedy. Glad you are o.k. !!

GoingGoingGone

So glad you're ok, Snakes!!! What a scare!

GGG

truthsearcher

(((((((Angry Kangaroo)))))))) so sorry to hear about your little brother.

Snakes: What a horrible and scary experience. It sounds like you were a good samaritan and helped out at the scene. A few years back I had an accident (not drunk) because of a terrible blizzard with zero visibility that sprang out of nowhere. I hit a truck that had stopped on the highway because it couldn't get up the hill. I will never forget that experience, and I was in shock of course, but didn't know it. I couldn't see or hear (sensory overload) and was desparately trying to find my wallet for my license. It was right in front of me, but I couldn't find it. Then I tried to call home, but I couldn't remember my number. The ambulance guys had to talk me into going to the hospital, because I kept saying I was fine.

So, I guess I am wondering if the guy's behaviour that you witnessed might have been due to shock? Maybe he was looking for his id? If he was high or drunk, I hope that justice will be served, but what a tragedy for the others involved in the accident.

I am glad that you are okay, and yep it sure makes you think about the uncertainty of life. It made me think of a great Christian song called Who Am I? (especially the chorus). I found great comfort in believing that my life is in the hands of the Lord.

Who Am I?

Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt
Who am I, that the Bright and Morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever wandering heart
Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are

I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours, I am Yours

Who am I, that the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love and watch me rise again
Who am I, that the voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me
Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are

I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours

I am Yours
Whom shall I fear
Whom shall I fear
'Cause I am Yours
I am Yours

hamsterbait

Whatever you believe about the moment of death -

Knowing it could be NOW, means you should live every moment in the NOW.

Enjoy it while you've got it.

HB

erandir

I'm very glad you're ok, Snakes. What a terrible thing to have witnessed! I hope you are doing ok now.

yeah, if you put it that way, of course! driving along in cars...what a stupid concept...almost as stupid as getting in a 250 ft long, full loaded 970,000 pound aluminum tube, going 560+mph at 38,000 feet in the air.... and yet we humans do both everyday.

I was just talking about this today with my wife. How we trade speed, convenience, and this society of instant gratification for our very lives. What an enormous risk we take to get somewhere in the matter of hours instead of days, weeks, or months like it used to take our ancestors. And all society is built on all this, so we have little choice but to submit to it all.

Also, I have little sympathy for drunk drivers. My Mom and Dad were involved in an accident before I was born that crippled her and gave them both horrible memories they will have for the rest of their lives. They were on a motorcycle and run into by a drunk driver in the opposite lane.

SnakesInTheTower

just an update.... i stopped by the cop shop today (we had been playing phone tag today). I wish I had just typed my voluntary statement at home when it was still fresh in mind, but I was too wacked out when I got home... slept in late (aww shucks, missed the meeting again!).... so I worked an 8 hour shift today, trying to make up for lost time from yesterday... including driving down the same stretch of road that the accident had been on...there were gouges in the road from the accident.... kind of weirded me out...but I knew I could not just keep avoiding the area....then went to the cop shop for an hour and handwrote a 3 page description of what happened, before during and after.

the cop investigating the wreck told me the driver was intoxicated, but that he refused to take a breathalyzer...so thats a felony or a high level misdemeanor...the cop said they will still be able to prove he was impaired because the hospital took blood...and they are just waiting for the court order to release the results....I found out the name of the driver who was killed...I think they said she was 58...wife, mother, grandmother...I will keep an eye on the obits and maybe I can bring myself to at least go to the visitation if there is one, or send a card....

The cop is going to keep me in the loop. He was really decent to me.... He has already started his reports and is waiting for accident reconstruction and the DA's office.....the idiot was airlifted to the major metropolitan area hospital because in addition to the broken arm he had internal injuries (I promise, I did not kick him like I wanted to, really...) ...hmmm, I guess the taxpayers and/or hospitals will probably eat that cost...and pass it on to us poor blokes! The cop will present this to a grand jury in a couple of months....they are charging the idiot with vehicular homicide and a host of other misdemeanors and felonies.... I intend to be in court for any hearings and sentencing.... he needs to be put away, but could get away with murder...literally.....

thanks for the kind words... since I could not sleep too much last night it was good to read.... Its 1am local time now...so maybe I am tired enough to hit some zzzzzz...

Snakes ()

eclipse

You've been through a traumatizing ordeal Snakes! Get some needed sleep, and I too am so very glad that you are ok.

I was 5 seconds from death today.