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Alan Seeger

Alan Seeger wrote a poem years back, I Have A Rendezvous With Death that I quoted in a paper I wrote in college about an accident scene that I went to as a volunteer on a rescue squad in NJ. I spent 7 years "riding" with the West Essex First Aid Squad and went on over 1000 "calls". This particular call involved a mentally challenged man that was walking on Interstate Route 80 and was struck and tossed into a river that was 20 feet below the highway. It seemed as we transported the body to the hospital that alcohol played some role in the tragedy. There are a few experiences that with the slightest of provocation stand up in my mind and wave their hands like mad to get my attention. One was brought to the surface this weekend.

Girl killed by car, bus driver saves two others

One of the last calls I went on involved a 9 year old boy who was accidentally run over by the school bus he had just gotten off. It happened directly in front of his house on Mountain Ave in North Caldwell, NJ. He was dead at the scene but as often was the case in trauma deaths we transported his body to the hospital. We were half way home when we were called back to the scene. His mother had come home and was confronted with the scene of the police, school bus. She was told that her boy had been transported to the hospital but his condition was unknown. She became distraught and we were requested to transport her to Mountainside Hospital. I sat in the back of the ambulance for the 17 minute ride to the hospital knowing that the boy was dead while his mother plead with me for information. She was crying and begging me to tell her he was going to be alright. He was such a good boy. Everbody loved him. I will never forget those minutes.

Sorry, needed to vent....... are you ready for your barricade ?

ba

posted by balaams_ass @ 6:30 PM