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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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  • Matt M

    Aww, shit! Why does it have to be young ones?With age comes maturity and wisdom, I guess. Let us hope that those who are precious to us get their wisdom before they take themselves out of the game.

  • Matt M

    Aww, shit! Why does it have to be young ones?With age comes maturity and wisdom, I guess. Let us hope that those who are precious to us get their wisdom before they take themselves out of the game.

  • Matt M

    Aww, shit! Why does it have to be young ones?With age comes maturity and wisdom, I guess. Let us hope that those who are precious to us get their wisdom before they take themselves out of the game.

  • Matt M

    Aww, shit! Why does it have to be young ones?With age comes maturity and wisdom, I guess. Let us hope that those who are precious to us get their wisdom before they take themselves out of the game.

  • RoaVaPD

    Sorry man, sounds like an awful time. It’s always difficult dealing with wasted life. Especially when it’s kids. I’ve written about those “ghosts” on my blog, they never leave you.

  • RoaVaPD

    Sorry man, sounds like an awful time. It’s always difficult dealing with wasted life. Especially when it’s kids. I’ve written about those “ghosts” on my blog, they never leave you.

  • RoaVaPD

    Sorry man, sounds like an awful time. It’s always difficult dealing with wasted life. Especially when it’s kids. I’ve written about those “ghosts” on my blog, they never leave you.

  • RoaVaPD

    Sorry man, sounds like an awful time. It’s always difficult dealing with wasted life. Especially when it’s kids. I’ve written about those “ghosts” on my blog, they never leave you.

  • Anonymous

    I’m so sorry- anything else I could say would be so superficial so I won’t- it’s a rotten waste of lives and heartache for those who are left. Take care AD!

  • Anonymous

    I’m so sorry- anything else I could say would be so superficial so I won’t- it’s a rotten waste of lives and heartache for those who are left. Take care AD!

  • Anonymous

    I’m so sorry- anything else I could say would be so superficial so I won’t- it’s a rotten waste of lives and heartache for those who are left. Take care AD!

  • Anonymous

    I’m so sorry- anything else I could say would be so superficial so I won’t- it’s a rotten waste of lives and heartache for those who are left. Take care AD!

  • Rogue Medic

    Maybe you will go a long time before you see any more.

  • Rogue Medic

    Maybe you will go a long time before you see any more.

  • Rogue Medic

    Maybe you will go a long time before you see any more.

  • Rogue Medic

    Maybe you will go a long time before you see any more.

  • Mrs. Who

    Just damn.

  • Mrs. Who

    Just damn.

  • Mrs. Who

    Just damn.

  • Mrs. Who

    Just damn.

  • medicnurse

    Wow. Dealing with kids like that is hard. Those nightmares and images never quite leave you. I’m sorry.

  • medicnurse

    Wow. Dealing with kids like that is hard. Those nightmares and images never quite leave you. I’m sorry.

  • medicnurse

    Wow. Dealing with kids like that is hard. Those nightmares and images never quite leave you. I’m sorry.

  • medicnurse

    Wow. Dealing with kids like that is hard. Those nightmares and images never quite leave you. I’m sorry.

  • Farmmom

    Bless your heart AD. I’ve been in those situations myself and it never gets any easier. The best advice I know to give is hug your loved ones, cry your heart out and have a good stiff drink. Then go out tomorrow and hope it is better.Thank you for being there!!

  • Farmmom

    Bless your heart AD. I’ve been in those situations myself and it never gets any easier. The best advice I know to give is hug your loved ones, cry your heart out and have a good stiff drink. Then go out tomorrow and hope it is better.Thank you for being there!!

  • Farmmom

    Bless your heart AD. I’ve been in those situations myself and it never gets any easier. The best advice I know to give is hug your loved ones, cry your heart out and have a good stiff drink. Then go out tomorrow and hope it is better.Thank you for being there!!

  • Farmmom

    Bless your heart AD. I’ve been in those situations myself and it never gets any easier. The best advice I know to give is hug your loved ones, cry your heart out and have a good stiff drink. Then go out tomorrow and hope it is better.Thank you for being there!!

  • tgtsmom

    The only line I have ever heard that can express my feelings at a time like this is “I grieve with you”. As an empath my nature, it is all there is to say.

  • tgtsmom

    The only line I have ever heard that can express my feelings at a time like this is “I grieve with you”. As an empath my nature, it is all there is to say.

  • tgtsmom

    The only line I have ever heard that can express my feelings at a time like this is “I grieve with you”. As an empath my nature, it is all there is to say.

  • tgtsmom

    The only line I have ever heard that can express my feelings at a time like this is “I grieve with you”. As an empath my nature, it is all there is to say.

  • Sabra

    What others have said. I am sorry. I grieve with you. I pray you don’t have to deal with anything of the sort again for a long, long time.

  • Sabra

    What others have said. I am sorry. I grieve with you. I pray you don’t have to deal with anything of the sort again for a long, long time.

  • Sabra

    What others have said. I am sorry. I grieve with you. I pray you don’t have to deal with anything of the sort again for a long, long time.

  • Sabra

    What others have said. I am sorry. I grieve with you. I pray you don’t have to deal with anything of the sort again for a long, long time.

  • Anonymous

    I’m sorry, AD. I haven’t been in that situation, and I don’t know what to say. I wish I could come up with something that would bring you some comfort. There simply aren’t words.

  • Anonymous

    I’m sorry, AD. I haven’t been in that situation, and I don’t know what to say. I wish I could come up with something that would bring you some comfort. There simply aren’t words.

  • Anonymous

    I’m sorry, AD. I haven’t been in that situation, and I don’t know what to say. I wish I could come up with something that would bring you some comfort. There simply aren’t words.

  • Anonymous

    I’m sorry, AD. I haven’t been in that situation, and I don’t know what to say. I wish I could come up with something that would bring you some comfort. There simply aren’t words.

  • AlisonH

    We had a local kid who ducked under the railroad arms coming down to beat the train. Beat the train okay–he was one of the lucky ones–but there was a cop on the other side who promptly gave him the what-for he so richly deserved. The highschooler was protesting, “It’s MY life!”And the cop raged at him, and wrote it as a story for the local paper later, “It is NOT. It is MY life when I have to pick up your mangled carcass. It is your MOM’s life when I have to knock on her door and tell her what stupidity you did and how you and she have to pay for it permanently. It is the life of every single person who has to deal with what you did–and you just lucked out this time. But don’t you EVER do that again to the people who love you!!!”I’m so sorry you had to see those.

  • AlisonH

    We had a local kid who ducked under the railroad arms coming down to beat the train. Beat the train okay–he was one of the lucky ones–but there was a cop on the other side who promptly gave him the what-for he so richly deserved. The highschooler was protesting, “It’s MY life!”And the cop raged at him, and wrote it as a story for the local paper later, “It is NOT. It is MY life when I have to pick up your mangled carcass. It is your MOM’s life when I have to knock on her door and tell her what stupidity you did and how you and she have to pay for it permanently. It is the life of every single person who has to deal with what you did–and you just lucked out this time. But don’t you EVER do that again to the people who love you!!!”I’m so sorry you had to see those.

  • AlisonH

    We had a local kid who ducked under the railroad arms coming down to beat the train. Beat the train okay–he was one of the lucky ones–but there was a cop on the other side who promptly gave him the what-for he so richly deserved. The highschooler was protesting, “It’s MY life!”And the cop raged at him, and wrote it as a story for the local paper later, “It is NOT. It is MY life when I have to pick up your mangled carcass. It is your MOM’s life when I have to knock on her door and tell her what stupidity you did and how you and she have to pay for it permanently. It is the life of every single person who has to deal with what you did–and you just lucked out this time. But don’t you EVER do that again to the people who love you!!!”I’m so sorry you had to see those.

  • AlisonH

    We had a local kid who ducked under the railroad arms coming down to beat the train. Beat the train okay–he was one of the lucky ones–but there was a cop on the other side who promptly gave him the what-for he so richly deserved. The highschooler was protesting, “It’s MY life!”And the cop raged at him, and wrote it as a story for the local paper later, “It is NOT. It is MY life when I have to pick up your mangled carcass. It is your MOM’s life when I have to knock on her door and tell her what stupidity you did and how you and she have to pay for it permanently. It is the life of every single person who has to deal with what you did–and you just lucked out this time. But don’t you EVER do that again to the people who love you!!!”I’m so sorry you had to see those.

  • Christina LMT

    I’m so sorry, AD. Wish I could do or say more. I hope they don’t visit you while you sleep.

  • Christina LMT

    I’m so sorry, AD. Wish I could do or say more. I hope they don’t visit you while you sleep.

  • Christina LMT

    I’m so sorry, AD. Wish I could do or say more. I hope they don’t visit you while you sleep.

  • Christina LMT

    I’m so sorry, AD. Wish I could do or say more. I hope they don’t visit you while you sleep.

  • 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

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