Just this past weekend there was a car accident in the area I live in and no one was buckled up. This is an email I recieced from someone that was at the scene of the accident. This could happen to you so dont take it lightly. The 3 victims were 16 and two of them 17. Funerals are today and tomorrow! May god be with them.
Dear Friends & Family,
On the evening of May 17, 2003, around 7:30 pm, three young kids were involved in a very serious motor vehicle accident just outside of Roseau (Minnesota). Dustin Weiberg, Amanda Ostby, and Randy Brazier were all critically injured when they lost control of their vehicle on some loose gravel.
Myself and other fireman rushed to the scene, along with the many paramedics and first responders who were close by. I don't know how to explain the feeling when I arrived on scene and instantly recognized the vehicle, which was laying upside down in a field, and recognizing all three of the individuals involved. It made me absolutely sick, and left me with a feeling of
absolute helplessness while I did everything I could to help out, but still knowing it wasn't enough. George Bjerk, the owner of the Pizza Ranch, is also a fireman and we were both on the scene together, and we were both holding Amanda's hands talking to her, because she was the only one who was responding to anything. She recognized George's voice, and instantly began to calm down. I don't know if that's any consolation to anyone, but it was a part of the evening that really touched my heart.
I'm not about todiscuss the details on the scene, partly because I can't due to my position as a fireman, partly because I don't want to share our nightmares with those who weren't there. I was priveleged to work with both Amanda & Dustin at the Pizza Ranch, and had met Randy a number of times, and they were all very wonderful kids with their whole lives in front of them.
Amanda died around 8:30 pm in Roseau Area Hospital, and Randy was pronounced brain dead at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo early the next morning. Randy's family chose to keep him on life support long enough to donate his organs, so I'm sure many thanks go to his family from the recipients of those life giving organs. Dustin is in Altru Hospital in Grand Forks last I heard, still listed as critical, but is expected to live, so our prayers are with him and his family. Not only them, but the grieving families of Amanda & Randy need our prayers as well to help them with their loss.
I haven't been a fireman for very long, and this is the first time where I've ever been on a scene where death is involved, so I'm not exactly sure what lesson I'm supposed to learn from this, but I guess if I'm to learn anything from it, it would have to be that life is so very fragile. I haven't been a parent for very long either, but this morning when I picked up my daughter, I held on to her for dear life, like I hadn't seen her in 6 months. Life is just too short to spend it fighting and arguing over trifle little things, because you never know when it's your time, or the time for a loved one to go. Parents, please take this as a wake up call to improve your relationships with your children, and kids, do the same with your parents. And to everyone, don't take your friendships or relationships with anyone for granted, because you never know when they're going to depart our lives forever, and it's too late to say all the things you want to say to each other.
Here's to Dustin and his family, wishing a full recovery and a sense of peace for the loved ones involved...And to Amanda & Randy....we love you and miss you dearly, rest in peace. To the families, our love and our prayers are with you always!
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