I don't know if this is going to be in the right place or not.. but a mod can move it if needed.
Here goes:
August 26th, my friend Alex was in a bad car accident. He was not wearing his seatbelt. He had a modified CRX. The CRX flipped 3 times, threw him out of the car and eventually landed on him with the muffler burning the skin off the right side of his face down to the bone. Alex was in a coma for about 2 months. He has had numerous surgeries and been to 3 or 4 different hospitals during this period. He is now awake but has no use of his right side and can communicate only by pointing to things that he wants. Alex was able to come home today for Christmas only. He has to go back to the hospital in the morning and it could be March before he will be able to come home for good.
December 25th, My boyfriend's cousins, John and Bre, were in a bad car accident. They were both wearing their seatbelts. John flipped his modified RSX twice, and they walked away from the accident with a scratch on John's hand and a little cut on his ear. Bre was perfectly fine. The RSX is completely totaled.
If I looked at both cars and had to tell you which one was worse, the RSX was banged up twice as bad as the CRX but John and Bre, who were wearing seatbelts, walked away from their wreck, but Alex did not and it's possible that he will never walk again.
Until today, I have never been a big fan of seatbelts, but now I can see for myself what they can really do to save your life. I'm not going to go preaching that you should wear your seatbelts because it's your own decision... but it's just something to think about.
Julie
Here goes:
August 26th, my friend Alex was in a bad car accident. He was not wearing his seatbelt. He had a modified CRX. The CRX flipped 3 times, threw him out of the car and eventually landed on him with the muffler burning the skin off the right side of his face down to the bone. Alex was in a coma for about 2 months. He has had numerous surgeries and been to 3 or 4 different hospitals during this period. He is now awake but has no use of his right side and can communicate only by pointing to things that he wants. Alex was able to come home today for Christmas only. He has to go back to the hospital in the morning and it could be March before he will be able to come home for good.
December 25th, My boyfriend's cousins, John and Bre, were in a bad car accident. They were both wearing their seatbelts. John flipped his modified RSX twice, and they walked away from the accident with a scratch on John's hand and a little cut on his ear. Bre was perfectly fine. The RSX is completely totaled.
If I looked at both cars and had to tell you which one was worse, the RSX was banged up twice as bad as the CRX but John and Bre, who were wearing seatbelts, walked away from their wreck, but Alex did not and it's possible that he will never walk again.
Until today, I have never been a big fan of seatbelts, but now I can see for myself what they can really do to save your life. I'm not going to go preaching that you should wear your seatbelts because it's your own decision... but it's just something to think about.
Julie