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"Mind You Don't Step In The Meat."

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That’s not the sort of thing you relish hearing, or saying, at a wreck scene. Nor is picking up all those pieces of meat and deciding what goes in which body bag.

Two wrecks, seven fatalities within a few hours of each other, and nary a one within the sunny side of twenty-one years old. The two that lived, if indeed you can call it that, will be permanently damaged.

Alcohol, speed and stupidity.

And waste. It’s soul-wearying.

*sigh*

That’s another new set of mangled faces deposited in the Nightmare Bank.

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Posted by on November 2, 2008 • Filed under: Uncategorized
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  • Peter

    Uh-huh. BTDT, first as a volunteer St. John’s Ambulance medic in South Africa, then as a pastor, having to tell parents or spouses or children that their son, or daughter, or spouse, or daddy, or mommy wasn’t coming home any more.It never gets easier . . . and the faces still come back.All I can say, good buddy, is that the faces that haunt our dreams are the faces of what might have been. Whenever they come back to me, I remind them that what ‘might have been’ will never be, now: and I have to live in the real world, not what ‘might have been’. With that, I usher them out, as gently as I can, and get on with the business of living.If you need to talk, call me.Peter

  • Peter

    Uh-huh. BTDT, first as a volunteer St. John’s Ambulance medic in South Africa, then as a pastor, having to tell parents or spouses or children that their son, or daughter, or spouse, or daddy, or mommy wasn’t coming home any more.It never gets easier . . . and the faces still come back.All I can say, good buddy, is that the faces that haunt our dreams are the faces of what might have been. Whenever they come back to me, I remind them that what ‘might have been’ will never be, now: and I have to live in the real world, not what ‘might have been’. With that, I usher them out, as gently as I can, and get on with the business of living.If you need to talk, call me.Peter

  • phlegmfatale

    Aw, crappity. That’s so terrible. I hate that such things happen, and I hate that you have to witness it. I know the people who have a chance at making it through such tragedies probably very often do so as a direct result of your expertise and professionalism. Bless you, AD.

  • phlegmfatale

    Aw, crappity. That’s so terrible. I hate that such things happen, and I hate that you have to witness it. I know the people who have a chance at making it through such tragedies probably very often do so as a direct result of your expertise and professionalism. Bless you, AD.

  • phlegmfatale

    Aw, crappity. That’s so terrible. I hate that such things happen, and I hate that you have to witness it. I know the people who have a chance at making it through such tragedies probably very often do so as a direct result of your expertise and professionalism. Bless you, AD.

  • phlegmfatale

    Aw, crappity. That’s so terrible. I hate that such things happen, and I hate that you have to witness it. I know the people who have a chance at making it through such tragedies probably very often do so as a direct result of your expertise and professionalism. Bless you, AD.

  • Evil Transport Lady

    So sorry you had to be the clean up crew! Teenagers need to see some of those things to get into their thick heads, that they are not superhuman. Hugs to you big guy!

  • Evil Transport Lady

    So sorry you had to be the clean up crew! Teenagers need to see some of those things to get into their thick heads, that they are not superhuman. Hugs to you big guy!

  • Evil Transport Lady

    So sorry you had to be the clean up crew! Teenagers need to see some of those things to get into their thick heads, that they are not superhuman. Hugs to you big guy!

  • Evil Transport Lady

    So sorry you had to be the clean up crew! Teenagers need to see some of those things to get into their thick heads, that they are not superhuman. Hugs to you big guy!

  • fuzzys dad

    May God grant you some peace.

  • fuzzys dad

    May God grant you some peace.

  • fuzzys dad

    May God grant you some peace.

  • fuzzys dad

    May God grant you some peace.

  • Anonymous

    I make my living working on highways. I think you remember every wreck and wonder where judgement was during the event. Nothing prepares you for the hours of stopped traffic while searchers look for every small piece left of the victims of speed. Jon

  • Anonymous

    I make my living working on highways. I think you remember every wreck and wonder where judgement was during the event. Nothing prepares you for the hours of stopped traffic while searchers look for every small piece left of the victims of speed. Jon

  • Anonymous

    I make my living working on highways. I think you remember every wreck and wonder where judgement was during the event. Nothing prepares you for the hours of stopped traffic while searchers look for every small piece left of the victims of speed. Jon

  • Anonymous

    I make my living working on highways. I think you remember every wreck and wonder where judgement was during the event. Nothing prepares you for the hours of stopped traffic while searchers look for every small piece left of the victims of speed. Jon

  • docandchief

    A.D.Can’t add anything not already said…you and they are in my prayers

  • docandchief

    A.D.Can’t add anything not already said…you and they are in my prayers

  • docandchief

    A.D.Can’t add anything not already said…you and they are in my prayers

  • docandchief

    A.D.Can’t add anything not already said…you and they are in my prayers

  • James

    Yep. Going shooting lost a lot of it’s joy for a while after being at the club on another range when one cousin was screwing around and shot the other in the head with an “empty” gun. Then I was the one at the gate stopping traffic when his younger brother showed up looking for him, because he hadn’t shown up at a gathering as expected…

  • James

    Yep. Going shooting lost a lot of it’s joy for a while after being at the club on another range when one cousin was screwing around and shot the other in the head with an “empty” gun. Then I was the one at the gate stopping traffic when his younger brother showed up looking for him, because he hadn’t shown up at a gathering as expected…

  • James

    Yep. Going shooting lost a lot of it’s joy for a while after being at the club on another range when one cousin was screwing around and shot the other in the head with an “empty” gun. Then I was the one at the gate stopping traffic when his younger brother showed up looking for him, because he hadn’t shown up at a gathering as expected…

  • James

    Yep. Going shooting lost a lot of it’s joy for a while after being at the club on another range when one cousin was screwing around and shot the other in the head with an “empty” gun. Then I was the one at the gate stopping traffic when his younger brother showed up looking for him, because he hadn’t shown up at a gathering as expected…

  • CountyRat

    Those faces never leave, but sometimes, you can make friends with them.God be with you, AD.

  • CountyRat

    Those faces never leave, but sometimes, you can make friends with them.God be with you, AD.

  • CountyRat

    Those faces never leave, but sometimes, you can make friends with them.God be with you, AD.

  • CountyRat

    Those faces never leave, but sometimes, you can make friends with them.God be with you, AD.

  • Kat

    (hugs)and love from here in GA… I’m so sorry.

  • Kat

    (hugs)and love from here in GA… I’m so sorry.

  • Kat

    (hugs)and love from here in GA… I’m so sorry.

  • Kat

    (hugs)and love from here in GA… I’m so sorry.

  • Granimore

    I am a funeral director, and the majority of young driver/vehicular deaths I’ve dealt with are motorcycle related. Usually excessive speeding. No matter how it happens, though, it’s always a shame to see.

  • Granimore

    I am a funeral director, and the majority of young driver/vehicular deaths I’ve dealt with are motorcycle related. Usually excessive speeding. No matter how it happens, though, it’s always a shame to see.

  • Granimore

    I am a funeral director, and the majority of young driver/vehicular deaths I’ve dealt with are motorcycle related. Usually excessive speeding. No matter how it happens, though, it’s always a shame to see.

  • Granimore

    I am a funeral director, and the majority of young driver/vehicular deaths I’ve dealt with are motorcycle related. Usually excessive speeding. No matter how it happens, though, it’s always a shame to see.

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