It was a calm beautiful Labor Day weekend, and it seemed like a near perfect Saturday night until tragedy struck. I was fishing in the Wapsi River, and there was some people across the river riding ATVs on sandbar. It was nothing abnormal, because that is what a lot of people in the area liked to do; including my family who is usually the crazier ones when it comes to riding. A woman in her thirties was riding right next to her dad on a different ATV right beside him when they sort of began to race each other, and all of the sudden the worst case scenario happened. She hit a hole in the sandbar and flipped the ATV right on top of her. ATVs can weigh a lot. So we knew that she was probably serious injured, and my Uncle Jim swam across the river …show more content…
The amount of time it took for us to wait for this ambulance was at least a half and hour, and by the time the medics got there, they said that she needed to be airlifted to Iowa City, so then we had to wait another half and hour for the helicopter to get there. The more the clock ticks is the less likely it is for her to survive. We are all aware that accidents happen, but is less likely to be this close to one let alone witness it. About an hour after the accident the helicopter arrives, and what was a peaceful today turned into a whirlwind of events. The chopper is blowing up sand and dust spiraling everything out of control. The sand is like bullets stinging and singeing our face as it swirls …show more content…
When asked about it he said from her torso to her head she was nothing but purple. A cold silence filled the air someone waiting for anyone else to speak up. Then after a while my Uncle Jim said “she’ll be fine.” It was that little bit of optimism, that keeps our massive family going. When something bad happens to us or around us; we will always think about the positives. That night when we were all eating a big fish fry from all of the fish we caught, there was an eerie silence. Everyone wondering and hoping that this woman would be alright. Then my Aunt Tina pulls up the KWQC TV6 facebook page to see if they had anything on the accident. It seems a bit nuts that we would be on facebook while we were supposed to be camping, but we were all wanting to know if she was ok. The page said that she received major injuries, but they were not life threatening. Everybody breathed a big sigh of relief, just knowing that this woman that we didn’t even know, was gonna be okay, would help us sleep at night. The guys have a tradition when we go make our own trail with about 10 ATVs and about twenty people even though you aren’t allowed to have more than one person on
We sat there for a few more minutes then I got up and yelled for everyone to get ready to start moving again. I donned my pack and tightened the straps, and after making sure everyone else was ready, started off down the winding trail to the night’s campsite.
Not even able to see your hand infront of your face. Sand stinging as it hits your body. Debris flying around in the mix of the sand and dirt. Broken wood planks, pieces of scrap metal, torn cloth. This storm is known as the Dust Bowl of the 1930’s.
“August 2000, our family of six was on the way to a wedding. It was a rainy day, and Gregg was not familiar with the area. The car hit standing water in the high-way, and started hydro-planing. Greg lost control of the car. Then, the car went backwards down into a ditch and started sliding on its wheels sideways. After sliding for 100 feet or so, the car flipped, at least once. After flipping, the car came to rest on its wheels, and the passenger window broke out.
“ A family of five was traveling to Florida for a family vacation when the family was suddenly struck between two semi’s. The EMT’s pronounced the whole family dead at the scene earlier that night. Police have yet to release details on what the cause of the accident was but said it was an unexpected incident”, the local news reported said.
My family only stayed for a few nights, but I never imagined that would have been the last time I was ever going to see her. The next morning my mom unexpectedly received a call from my aunt. I could overhear what was being said; there was yelling and wailing. She announced to my mom that they had just experienced a car crash. Unfortunately,
When she went into surgery in St. John’s Medical Center in St. Louis, we were all there and confidant that everything would go as planned. The doctors came out about one hour into the surgery to inform us that the damage was much worse than they initially thought. They told us that they would keep us updated on her progress. Two hours later they came out to tell us that her heart stopped beating and they tried everything they could to revive her, but she had died.
The main tactic both beaches use to combat this is sand nourishment – which, while allowing for visitors to experience a sandier beach if they arrive in a period of time directly after a storm, does not address the underlying issue – the displacement of sand due to a
A family friend, Rose Widmer, came over as my mom and dad were getting ready to leave. She would be staying with us because it looked like they would not be coming home that night. As Kelly and I were eating our supper, my mom came into the kitchen and sat down beside me. She explained to us that our dad was very sick, and that he was having trouble with his brain. She used the term "brain abscess." She said that this is what the doctors speculated was wrong with him, but they needed to go to Fort Wayne to take precautions.
Other than my mom, dad, and brother, there were a couple of strangers who came along for the ride. After we stepped out of the window-less Jeep, we did circles, taking everything in. The man who took us through the river was doing the whole safety spiel, which I didn’t pay attention to; who does pay attention anyway? After we changed into our bathing suits, we each climbed, one after another, into the water. It was surprising warm, and it felt good in the humid September air.
She said that he had had a stroke the night before. He died in the
This situation has taught me that anyone; including myself can stop something so simple from continuing, or even taking place. Even I could take the first step into reaching out towards someone in need of help, in need of saving, or in need of talking to. I sometimes think to myself what would have happened if I were to get involved. I ask myself, “ Would I make a new friend? What if that girl had ended up with brain damage or underwent severe injuries?” Six years later this memory still haunts me and I regret not helping this girl. I hope she recovered completely and is on a better path in her life. I now know that it is better to help someone in need while you have the chance, than to later question yourself with regret as to why hadn’t you taken that step in the first place. This is the lesson that I learned and will be kept in mind for years to come.
Years ago I had the most terrifying, shocking day of my life. I had between seven or eight years when this happened. The day before the accident, all my family was at my grandfather’s house. We all were eating the food my mother and my aunts brought, telling jokes at the dinner table. Meanwhile, I was playing with my cousins in the backyard. Everyone was enjoying the family meeting. As the time passed by and everyone was about to go home, my mother suggested the idea that we all should go at my grandparent’s ranch next day, since everyone was in town we all could have the chance to go. Everyone liked the idea. It was the perfect time to go because it was a weekend. As they all agreed to go, they begun to decide who bring what to the gathering. Who would have thought that thanks to that suggestion, I would lead me to the hospital the day of the reunion.
Oh my God! TJ!“ It was just my mom.She was crying and calling my name again and again.I was so embarrassed and disappointed of my self.I had let her down. After, two of the EMT guys put us on an ambulance. Finally,we made our way to the hospital. My friend john and me were sent in palo alto medical center. It took us about fifteen minute to get there. My friend john was alright. He had a couple of stitches in his head and his arm. He got relieved after a couple of tests but, I was severely injured. I was lying on a hospital bed and thinking what I would have done in the past. Cause this terrible accident happened to me. I was sent to el camino hospital, where I went to the operation theater for my hipbones surgery.The doctor told me after surgery that my hipbones was fractured the reason they had to put a plate in hipbones to stay together.Although, my left arm was also fractured the reason I could not feel my arm. After surgery, they took me to the other room and gave me a couple of injections. Momentarily, I went to sleep. I woke up in the next day and thinking hopefully it was just a dream,but it’s not. I opened my eyes and saw a couple of relative looking me like a stranger. My dad came over my bed and gave me a hug and I literally started crying after thinking about the accident. I could not believe after a massive car accident I was still alive. Doctors kept in hospital couple of
Never would I have thought that accident could occur to my family and myself so suddenly. It was a warm, sunny morning when my mom, and my nanny, Carrie, drove me to a pediatric hospital for a health check up on a motorcycle. With me sitting tightly in between my mom and Carrie, I held onto my
My mom and I arrived at my great aunt’s house in Ely, Nevada at around dinnertime. We both decided it was time to get some sleep due to our long drive. My mom had asked me to wake her up if my dad did not call or arrive by midnight. She was obviously very tired from driving and I had slept most of the way anyways. I could tell my mom was very worried about my dad because he was traveling on his Harley Davidson, and the roads were dangerous. My innocent ten-year-old mind did not think anything bad could happen,