:( I feel sick

I have probably seen in the region of 10,001 dead bodies.

The odd one in the total accounts for the person that stares at me in the mirror each morning.

[QUOTE]Lennox - AJ Grizzel, age 18, of Lennox, SD, passed away Saturday, June 26, 2004, in Wichita, KS, from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Arrangements are pending with Miller Funeral Home Valley View Chapel.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]McConnell Air Force Base identified the man killed in a two-vehicle accident in Wichita on Saturday as Airman 1st Class Randy Grizzel, 18.

The base released his name this morning.

Grizzel, a native of Lennox, S.D, was attached to the 22nd Civil Engineering Squadron.

The accident occurred at about 4:30 p.m. Saturday on West MacArthur near Meridian when the motorcycle Grizzel was driving collided with a car that was pulling out of a driveway.

Grizzel was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police are still investigating the accident and no charges have been filed, said Janet Johnson, a spokeswoman for the Wichita Police Department. She said the investigation could take weeks. [/QUOTE]

LOL @ Bob's last comment!

Its experiences like this that make you realise life is so precious. At least if he died instantly he wont have felt too much pain. The bad thing is the guy in the car he hit will feel guilty for the rest of his life. This is my greatest fear about learning to drive- im scared i could knock somebody down. Deaconfan, i deeply sympathise, but thank God it wasnt you and thank him for taking that young man as quickly as possible. It was better than him suffering any longer :(

I have never witnessed an accident in progress like that...scary stuff. I have my doubts that I could make myself drive again if I was ever involved in a serious accident. There are so many bad drivers out there...makes me wish I lived back out in the country again..

Barry - Yes, I called 911 as soon as I could get through (it took three tries) told them what I saw and they took my name & number but I haven't been contacted.

Erin - Though I wasn't physically involved, this has made me have some anxiety about driving. I didn't leave the house again until Sunday night and I purposely waited until it was dark so I wouldn't see the road in daylight. It's going to be hard to avoid, being the main street I live off of.

I have anxiety and panic problems which have been under control for a long time but something like this could easily trigger that.

I find that I'm a bit obsessed with it also, looking for further news stories and trying to find out more about this guy.

shame stuff like that has to happen-and a difficult thing for someone to witness too

here in atlanta we got motorcycle races (for lack of better term) on the highways- going at least 100 mph or more--weaving in and out of traffic...

never see them until they are right up there on you...scares the hell out of you sometimes

I know all about that. Our apartment is right next to the interstate..lovely. :-p We hear people motorcycle racing at night (on what my father refers to as "crotch rockets"), we also hear the train, and the sirens..and the....

you need to email me sugar pie

Do you mean me? ;-)

ew i owe you a kissy poo too shreky wheky!

*smooches*

nah i meant erin

but you can email me anytime you want to you stud muffin you

*Backs out of topic*

I feel sorry for you :(

That reminds me of the time last year when while I was at my mom's, we took a trip to the pig farm she worked at, and she showed me what they do with little runts that have no chance of living physically.....er, you could guess what they do then...

*cough*

Well I wouldn't go so far as to equate pig runts to an 18 year old soldier getting killed, but anyway... since this topic got brought back up, here's a link to the very nice but sad obit we had in our paper here.. the poor guy got a really crummy obit in his own hometown.

http://www.legacy.com/Kansas/LegacySubPage2.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=2375368

It made me cry. I'm not thinking about it as much a week later but this really touched me because it's a glimpse of who he was. Just a kid who graduated last year and always wanted to join the Air Force and was doing very well there. He would have been 19 on the 7th. :(

I wish those 'crotch rocket' racing style motorcycles weren't available. I don't think the guys who buy them intend on just having a cool looking bike to go the speed limit on. It's too much power to have so easily available. All it takes is one time, pushing it a bit too far and you can end your life for the sake of a little thrill, or trying to catch up to your friends.

I think you might be right DF!!

:)