The Tragic Accident

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The Tragic Accident

December 15, 2002 was the most terrifying day that I had ever been through. You don’t

realize how much your family means to until something tragic happens to them.

While sitting in my driveway listening to the sound of the frightful ambulance, something

told me not to follow it. I sat in my car and started to think about different things like life, my

family, and friends. Then I decided to turn my car off and go inside.

My sister and nephew were at the door waiting to greet me. They were watching my

younger brother while my mom took a night out. Ten minutes into our conversation the phone

rang. Trin, my older sister answered it very quickly. While talking she turned towards me with a

very pale look in her eyes and all of a sudden her mouth dropped, no words came out. The next

thing I knew we were on our way to the hospital in silence. Different thoughts were running over

and over in my head. At that time I wished I my head would explode so I did not have to think

anymore. For living only two blocks from the hospital it seemed like it took and eternity to get

there. Finally we were at the hospital. The ambulance was parked in the emergency circle. Dying

inside with horrific thoughts, I tried to gasp for air as I saw them bring in the emergency

helicopter. After a sudden breeze I rushed inside with my sister. Chris, one of my younger sisters,

was lying on the emergency bed with tears rolling down her eyes. She was strapped in like a wild

animal that could not be controlled. She had two broken ribs; her collarbone was also broken. Since she had been unconscious they wanted her to lie there until further notice. I could not take

looking at her cuts and the scratches anymore. I stood in the hall thinking to myself “What should

I do” So I tried to get a hold of my mom for the hundredth time. Then all of sudden my dad and

my grandparents...