Last night (Friday) J got called out for ambulance duty on one of the nastiest ones ever. Car on an old country road with mom, 5 yr old girl, 9 yr old boy and 14 yr old girl was hit by a drunk driver. The mother was killed instantly and it will be a true miracle if all of the kids survive. Two of them were taken by helicopter to large city hospitals because of the extent of their injuries and it isn't like we have the most rinky-dink hospital here. The details of their injuries are too gruesome to go into but it shook J bad. Luckily his volunteer ambulance did immediate crisis management and did a counseling session with everyone before they left the station house.
The father was called to the scene. I can't begin to imagine his anguish. His children are at 3 separate hospitals with grim possibilities ahead, his wife is dead. In just a moment, his world was shattered.
And as it often happens, the drunk driver was barely hurt. It was his 3rd DUI incident. There isn't a hell deep or hot enough for him. I have tried to pity him as someone who has a problem but still, there is this family who will never be the same again. I just can't pity him.
Saturday, August 12, 2006
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This is heart wrenching and unimaginable, T.
I will keep this family in my thoughts and, as always, you and J.
xoxoxox
horrific, so utterly sad.
my heart hurts for all involved, poor J, what a hard job he has.
and the drunk driver..................
may he get what he deserves, somewhere, sometime.
xoxo
I hope J is handling it well. What a horrible nightmare for that father to live with.
I hope that they stick it to the DUI driver. The f'er deserves to be locked up.
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