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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted April 10, 2017 11:27 AM
At approximately 9:05 this morning, we crossed the 4 way street, with the legal "walk" sign (this becomes important later), to go to the CHASE bank to do our daily banking. Right after we entered the bank, (not more than 15 or 20 seconds later), a Van, running from the police, sped thru what was left of our "walk" time limit, (were fast walkers, so there was probably 5 or 10 seconds left), and got smashed into by a truck, legally coming from the other direction.
I looked out the window of the bank at where it had been hit, and the shattered glass was right where we had been walking, not a minute earlier. It just goes to show, (and I teach my kids this) that, even if you are legally walking with the "walk" sign, you have to look in all directions, but even in those circumstances, this kind of thing can happen. The two in the van were taken to the hospital.
So, we narrowly missed, potentially, being killed this morning. When i was over at the Albertsons, i toyed with looking around for a minute or two more in the store an felt the need to leave when we did. The angels were working overtime.
My wife is currently sitting next to me, not wanting to go home alone. I don't blame her. I'm slightly shakey myself, but I'm happy to be here.
OSI
-------------------- "All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "
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