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Looking mortality in the eye...

Journal Entry: Mon Jul 30, 2007, 7:39 AM
Saturday afternoon I had the chance to stare mortality in the eye.

We were driving back from Tunica on 61. We had crossed the state line and were in the bottle neck section of the road almost to where the buildings start again.

About 50 yards in front of us a back SUV slowly drifted off the right hand edge of the road and into the ditch. Anyone who knows this stretch of road knows that the ditches along the sides are like cliffs. As the SUV hit the dirt it pulled them down onto the steep part of the ditch. The driver tried to get themselves back up... just in time to T-Bone a telephone pole directly in the passenger side door doing something around 40+ mph.

The pole sheared off in TWO places, bringing down power lines onto the road. The SUV went clear THROUGH the poll. The force was such that a small child (8 ish) was thrown from the vehicle, landing in the middle of the highway directly in front of us and was almost crushed by the still moving SUV.

Those of us that witnessed the shocking wreck pulled to the side and ran back to offer any help that we could, calling 911 and trying to keep everyone calm. There were 3 young children in this truck, none of them were belted in. The one boy who was thrown had an obviously broken arm and leg. A young girl was complaining of pain "inside" and a third was still trapped in the back seat with his foot trapped under a seat. The driver was still conscious, but trapped in the driver seat.

The force of the impact was such that the roof of the passenger side of the truck was crushed down to the level of the gear shift. Thank the lord that nobody was in the front seat. If they had been... there would have been no hope.

At the time the cops let the witnesses go, everyone was still alive, and I pray that everyone will be OK.

I'm passing this along to my friends and associates because after two days, I still can not get the vision of a small child flying through the air and hitting the pavement in front of me and struggling to drag themselves with a broken arm and leg out of the middle of the road.

It's haunting me.

If you have children, siblings, nieces etc... be sure they are seat belted in.

It happens in the blink of an eye…

Don't let the next one be someone you love.

Devious Information

  • Current Age: Older than Plastic, Younger than Dirt...
  • Current Residence: Land of the Ever Living Elvis
  • Interests: Irish Women & Irish Wiskey
  • Favourite genre of music: Clasic Rock - Blues - Jazz
  • Favourite artist: Monet
  • Operating System: XP Pro
  • Shell of choice: Konch
  • Wallpaper of choice: Somthing to make people pause...
  • Skin of choice: My own... :D
  • Favourite gaming platform: King Size Bed
  • Favourite cartoon character: Foghorn Leghorn
  • Personal Quote: I know I'm wrong, but am I incorrect?
  • Tools of the Trade: Canon 5D, Canon 10D, PhaseOne, CS

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~silvermoon16:iconsilvermoon16: Dec 9, 2007, 3:18:42 AM Mood: Hope
i love your moon image could i change it a little and use it as my avertar pleaseeeeeeeeee
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Hope

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*birthdays:iconbirthdays: Nov 26, 2007, 3:02:04 AM
:w00t: :dance: :cake: !!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!! :cake: :dance: :w00t:

It's November 26th which means it's your special day. Hoping you have a fantastic birthday, get some nice gifts and generally get to enjoy it lots.

All the best and much love from the birthdays team to you :hug:

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~Colemangal85:iconColemangal85: Nov 15, 2007, 8:32:50 PM
Hello: I was browsing through looking for a full moon picture I could use for my documentary and I was wondering if you were ok with me using your full moon image in my documentary. Please email me @ colemangal85@yahoo.com and let me know. Thanks so much. And you will get full credit.
*Pheno-m-enon:iconPheno-m-enon: Aug 24, 2007, 5:00:58 AM
I Used Something From Your Gallery Here

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@karyaazure:iconkaryaazure: Jun 22, 2007, 3:56:34 PM
:hug:

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~Kellz143:iconKellz143: May 23, 2007, 6:19:39 AM
Hey you sent me a note a while back but i havent been able to view it but im not exactly sure why.Do you mind sending it in a comment?Thanks
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*buildingclimber:iconbuildingclimber: May 15, 2007, 3:28:34 AM
Browsing your gallery after a long time not viewing I am as always overwhelmed with respect for your work .:camera:
You have so many wonderful portraits it is impossible for me to comment on them all individually so I will say again what I have said before Superior stuff Frank :salute:
~nunsack:iconnunsack: Jan 30, 2007, 4:52:11 PM
Are you going to continue doing The Factice Studies?

I really liked the first one about Broad Lighting. It's a very "light" lecture and easy to understand and I would like to see more.

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*hyronomous:iconhyronomous: Dec 10, 2006, 11:29:30 AM Mood: Confused
hello,

I forgot about the show last night!!!
darn it

did you take pics?

Sincerely,

Alex harrison
*DaXXe:iconDaXXe: Nov 9, 2006, 2:55:46 PM
Helloz random deviant :wave:!

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=waymorewickedwitch:iconwaymorewickedwitch: Oct 4, 2006, 8:11:11 AM Mood: Awestruck
fabulous, amazing gallery...wonderful portraits!

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*swashbuckler:iconswashbuckler: Sep 12, 2006, 9:55:03 AM
I don't say this often, but YOU really need to do something in the area of competitive photography! I'm not saying this to butter you up, but you're very good! (I think you KNOW that) Not all competitions offer the kinds of things I'm most interested in, and those issues might not interest you, but here goes. The Puyallup Fair Photo Salon is associated with the Photographic Society of America. To me, this means both acceptance and awards have more resume weight than say, just the average local Fair. It's an international competion (literally), and entries come from all over. I personally invite YOU to enter.
Go to WWW.THE FAIR.COM, then Info and Services, since the fair is in full swing right now, I'd advise waiting a few weeks, their web site gets more confusing this time of year as they are promoting the fair heavily.
There you will find a photo entry form with the rules, how to enter and what areas of competion they offer. Pick you best stuff and enter into as many areas as you think you'd qualify for.
No money for taking any awards, but you do get a nice bronze Photographic Society of America medal, I know, I have ONE. (I'd like to have more, but that's just greedy) Although I think digital media is catching up with film, PSA does NOT distinguish between the two, so it's a mixed competition of film and digital. I'm very please to say I took a Best of Show with digital, I think that would be harder to win with digital, but that's what I do.
I hope to see YOUR work in next year's Photo Salon, that would be ever so cool! Please send in your entries in the late July/early August time frame. Enter as many areas of the competition as you think you'd qualify for as they also have Best Photographer Award for top overall scorer, I'd like to capture one of those, but I just don't DO B&W or Photojournalism type work and I can't qualify without some of those (or slide either).
Best of luck! And Have a great DAy!!!! Rob the Swash
~Demonisk-Rymdhamster:iconDemonisk-Rymdhamster: Sep 2, 2006, 5:20:42 PM
Hallo? I have not heard anything from you in a long time now. How are you doing? :)
=small-onion:iconsmall-onion: Aug 9, 2006, 6:59:04 AM
Hey thanks for the watch :)

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*jedinudist:iconjedinudist: Jul 20, 2006, 9:35:41 PM
Hello from another Memphian!

:)

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~mysecretobsession:iconmysecretobsession: Jun 15, 2006, 8:58:24 AM
Bwahaha.
Now you cannot escape me!

...Wow I'm weird...

♥Caite
~mysecretobsession:iconmysecretobsession: Jun 15, 2006, 8:58:15 AM
Bwahaha.
Now you cannot escape me!

...Wow I'm weird...
~justsunny:iconjustsunny: Apr 23, 2006, 9:54:54 AM
thank you very much for your constructive comment :aww: :thanks:
~starchildbeth:iconstarchildbeth: Apr 20, 2006, 12:44:05 PM
You’re tagged! Read my journal for more information.

Your work is really good.
~bsweetphoto:iconbsweetphoto: Apr 14, 2006, 5:36:43 PM
Thank you for all your wonderful comments i really appreciate them, you should check out my actual site, [link]
Yeah i didnt even notice the dust, unfortunatly
Im having a lot of fun with the gels though, they can really work out

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=EViL-KiTTeeh:iconEViL-KiTTeeh: Apr 14, 2006, 8:13:00 AM
Thanks for the watch :hug:

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*buildingclimber:iconbuildingclimber: Apr 13, 2006, 4:12:25 AM
forgot..i had not put you back in our friends list done it now :salute:
~Pardon-me-sir:iconPardon-me-sir: Apr 12, 2006, 1:35:03 PM
Thank-you for the watch.