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Friday, January 9, 2015

The Chicago Accident

  Today has been one HELL of a day.  I am actually thoroughly convinced that the realm parallel to hell is indeed the traffic in Chicago.  The snow poured straight from Satan’s salt shaker onto the cluttered highway.  We left southern Ohio on a journey westward to the home of The Bears and high murder rates.  Our destination was to be the office of Dr. Zukowski , renowned plastic surgeon.  My beautiful girlfriend is having F.F.S. tomorrow.  So, let me get right into it.
  We were driving west on 65? I think.  The wind was mercilessly blowing snow onto the road, where it would then turn to ice.  Raiden’s dad began to fish tail hard in front of us.  I pressed hard on the anti-lock brakes, ignoring the gruesome scenes from my childhood that were flashing before my eyes.  It wasn’t enough.  We were going to slam right into him!  I (not supposed to do this btw, but I never had drivers education classes) pulled up on the emergency brake.  I swerved to the left, off the road, to avoid hitting him.  We then proceeded to slam into the guard rails, actually taking a couple of them out of the ground.  Only the left side of the car, and the back left tail light, took damage from the accident.  My girlfriend and I were Okay.
  I felt so horrible the whole time.  I kept thinking to myself “Raiden’s gonna die and it’s my fault!”  The sentence replayed in my head every 3 milliseconds.  Thankfully we’re alright.  Now all I have to do is take care of her post surgery wounds.  To be honest though, that’s going to be a cake walk compared to everything that happened today.  This isn’t what I thought I’d be writing about today at all, but eh, that’s life I guess.

3 comments:

  1. Me and my husband (14 happy
    yes) were in a horrible accident the first year we were dating. We were going to hit a wall at 70 miles a hr and helpless he threw his body over mine in a attempt to save me. He said he didn't even think it was his only instinct, much like your only thought was Raiden. Love like that is rare and once in a lifetime, cherish it forever!

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  2. I'm so glad that both you and Raiden aren't badly hurt. I know you must be having a hard time getting over that incident, but I want you to know that I'm proud of how you handled that situation. You were filled to the brim with fright, but the actions you did took course of the results of that accident. You're the reason why you and Raiden are doing fine. Thanks for sharing that, Joseph! Keep safe always! :)

    Stephanie Waters @ The Chastaine Law Office

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  3. I'm so sorry to hear about you getting involved in a terrible accident. I'm just glad that both you and your girlfriend came out of that fine and well. There are so many terrible consequences that come with driving unfocused, so I hope everyone has learned their lesson. It was so fortunate that no one got hurt. In any way, thanks for sharing that, Joseph! I hope you've been faring well these days. Take care always!

    Modesto Culbertson @ D&Z Law Group

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