Helicopter: A Short Story

“ A child got hit by a car, and it looks like Eric!”
As Debbie drove toward the accident, she kept hoping her neighbor’s phone call was not reality. Debbie followed a fire truck and an ambulance that were heading the same direction. The more she drove, the more afraid she became. She began to fill up with fear, sensing the accident was very bad.
She then saw that Eric’s moped was in a lot of pieces. Then she saw the paramedics working on his body. She didn't know what to do. When her husband David arrived, they both watched the paramedics try to keep Eric alive. They loaded Eric in the back of the ambulance because they couldn't get a Life flight Helicopter. Debbie rode in the ambulance and David drove close behind. Debbi looked at Eric,

and she was in tears. She had no words. She didn’t know what to think. When they arrived at the hospital, the doctors rushed him into a room and began working on him. While they were working on him, Debbie and David were in the waiting room. Debbie was crying rivers on David’s shoulder.
Debbie and David waited anxiously to see and hear about Eric’s results. It had been hours until the doctor came out and told them the results. He was pronounced dead. The doctors told them that he had a serious brain injury, and he was severely hurt.
Eric passed away that day, June 11, 1987. It was the most devastating thing his family went through. Debbie couldn’t even walk because she missed him so badly. They stayed in the lobby for a few minutes until they calmed down. David took Debbie to the car and they both drove home in tears. Once they got home, his two sisters and brother asked if he was ok, and David told them that he did not make it.
Even though time has passed and it has made it a little easier, Debbie still feels sad about losing her son. She thinks that Eric not wearing a helmet was her fault. If Eric would have worn his helmet, he would have not been injured as badly as he was after the accident. When you wear a helmet, you are less likely to suffer brain trauma if you get in an accident. Still to this day, she still thinks he died because of her.