Posted on 06/16/2010 9:04:30 PM PDT by stolinsky
In fact, I shouldn’t have been here for most of my life. Friday is June 18. On June 18 exactly 50 years ago, I was returning home from two weeks’ annual active duty in the Army Reserve. It was peacetime, so I never heard a shot fired in anger − unless you count people at the rifle range who were irritated by their low scores. But I still came within inches of being killed in the line of duty.
I was driving north on U.S. 101 near Camp Roberts, when an elderly couple entered the freeway driving south. The problem was that they used an off-ramp instead of an on-ramp. The Highway Patrol estimated that both cars were going 50 miles per hour when they hit head-on. The driver was killed, his wife was seriously injured, both cars were demolished − not totaled, demolished − and I spent a total of three days in the hospital.
(Excerpt) Read more at stolinsky.com ...
As a crip, I’m hep.(Or is the hip?)
AWESOME article.
“It would be pleasant if children grew in empathy as they grow in height. But only weeds grow spontaneously. Flowers must be nurtured. My parents taught me to be considerate of others. And my medical training added to this quality. But I had to become a patient myself before I developed true empathy for the ill, the injured and the disabled.”
That’s the money quote in my book.
It sounds like you have been a blessing to many people when they needed it most.
You most definitely are still needed here, doc.
bttt
Excellent read. Great story. Will never forget it. So glad to know you survived that terrible accident. You went on to live a productive life in service to others. I am sure you have wondered if this was some kind of divine intervention...sounds like it to me. God had a plan for you. Thank you for posting!
I believe God has a plan for all of us. I just had an experience dramatic enough to jolt me into realizing it.
nice! proud of you and your passion!
bfl
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