DRIVE SAFELY.
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 12:44 am
September 16th, I was filming a movie with a friend of mine, as I am prone to do often. Our present project required us to get shots of the high gas prices around town, but at the pumps , our camera battery died. so, as protocol dictates, we drove home to recharge it.
we did not make it. roughly less than A mile from my house My friend lost control of his vehicle, and we went off the road. The Truck hit a large tree stump with the left front tire, and we were sent into the air twenty feet. into a small ravine. we came down on the drivers side, and my friend fell out of the driver window, The truck proceeded to roll, and the passenger door was sheared from the vehicle. at this point. My right arm is being thrown out and over the roof of the truck, bent at the elbow. My Right leg is also outside of the truck. I proceeded to roll 5 times before coming to a stop in an area of muddy water. I was fully aware throughout the entire crash, I cannot guess how long the crash took, to me it seemed like minutes but it couldnt be more than ten seconds. My friend got to me and pulled me out of the truck, where I collapsed and passed out. My life flashed before my eyes. a second set of friends of mine who had been following Managed to pull me to dry land, and get an emergency vehicle to the scene. We rushed to a local airfield and airlifted to seperate hospitals in seperate cities.
In the aftermath of a single moment of misjudgement, My friend lost his 2003 Ford F-150 truck , and many expensive personal possessions.
at the hospital I was found to have internal bleeding in three areas of my small intestines , and no blood flow to my appendix. With surgery both the appendix and the dammaged sections of intestines (18 inches total) were removed. add that to a broken tibula and a bruised hip. and I'd say I got off Lucky.
This Ordeal has been the most traumatic experience of my life, and yet, I Value Greatly the change in my life and my thinking it has brought.
Dont Gamble with cars. BUCKLE UP and DRIVE SAFELY.
we did not make it. roughly less than A mile from my house My friend lost control of his vehicle, and we went off the road. The Truck hit a large tree stump with the left front tire, and we were sent into the air twenty feet. into a small ravine. we came down on the drivers side, and my friend fell out of the driver window, The truck proceeded to roll, and the passenger door was sheared from the vehicle. at this point. My right arm is being thrown out and over the roof of the truck, bent at the elbow. My Right leg is also outside of the truck. I proceeded to roll 5 times before coming to a stop in an area of muddy water. I was fully aware throughout the entire crash, I cannot guess how long the crash took, to me it seemed like minutes but it couldnt be more than ten seconds. My friend got to me and pulled me out of the truck, where I collapsed and passed out. My life flashed before my eyes. a second set of friends of mine who had been following Managed to pull me to dry land, and get an emergency vehicle to the scene. We rushed to a local airfield and airlifted to seperate hospitals in seperate cities.
In the aftermath of a single moment of misjudgement, My friend lost his 2003 Ford F-150 truck , and many expensive personal possessions.
at the hospital I was found to have internal bleeding in three areas of my small intestines , and no blood flow to my appendix. With surgery both the appendix and the dammaged sections of intestines (18 inches total) were removed. add that to a broken tibula and a bruised hip. and I'd say I got off Lucky.
This Ordeal has been the most traumatic experience of my life, and yet, I Value Greatly the change in my life and my thinking it has brought.
Dont Gamble with cars. BUCKLE UP and DRIVE SAFELY.
