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raeanna74 · 01-15-2009, 06:57 PM

Plenty of times that I know of and I'm sure there have been many instances where a minor mistake could have meant death for me too.

1. I was 2 months old. My parents where in an accident in their VW when they were hit head on by drunk drivers. I was in a bouncy seat (they didn't have child seats or even seat belts in some cars then) and I was thrown up into the windshield and then fell back into the car. My mother tells me that she was concious and that another woman walked up to the front of the car and picked me up and out through the windshield (the front was so squashed she could just reach in) and told Mom that she'd take me to the hospital. There they removed MANY pieces of glass from my body, especially my hands.

2. Working on a 2 story farmhouse roof. Reroofing the house. We'd finished one side of the roof and were removing the roof jacks by hanging from an upper jack to pry off the lower ones. I slipped and if my brother hadn't grabbed my leg I'd have gone headfirst off that roof.

3. Another car accident. Hit a guardrail head on at 45+mph. Beyond the guardrail was a STEEP dropoff. If it hadn't been for my belt I would have been thrown through the windshield and out onto the tops of tall pine trees. I would have fallen so far as to practically ensure death. As it was my head hit the top of the windshield and I sprained my wrist but I and my as yet unborn daughter (8 mo pregnant) were fine.

Those are the most memorable.

01-15-2009, 06:57 PM	#74 (permalink)
raeanna74 I'm not a blonde! I'm knot! I'm knot! I'm knot! Location: Upper Michigan	Plenty of times that I know of and I'm sure there have been many instances where a minor mistake could have meant death for me too. 1. I was 2 months old. My parents where in an accident in their VW when they were hit head on by drunk drivers. I was in a bouncy seat (they didn't have child seats or even seat belts in some cars then) and I was thrown up into the windshield and then fell back into the car. My mother tells me that she was concious and that another woman walked up to the front of the car and picked me up and out through the windshield (the front was so squashed she could just reach in) and told Mom that she'd take me to the hospital. There they removed MANY pieces of glass from my body, especially my hands. 2. Working on a 2 story farmhouse roof. Reroofing the house. We'd finished one side of the roof and were removing the roof jacks by hanging from an upper jack to pry off the lower ones. I slipped and if my brother hadn't grabbed my leg I'd have gone headfirst off that roof. 3. Another car accident. Hit a guardrail head on at 45+mph. Beyond the guardrail was a STEEP dropoff. If it hadn't been for my belt I would have been thrown through the windshield and out onto the tops of tall pine trees. I would have fallen so far as to practically ensure death. As it was my head hit the top of the windshield and I sprained my wrist but I and my as yet unborn daughter (8 mo pregnant) were fine. Those are the most memorable. __________________ "Always learn the rules so that you can break them properly." Dalai Lama My Karma just ran over your Dogma.