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 2005-08-03 2:04 PM |
The Original  7834      Raleigh/Durham |  Subject: So sad...He ya'll! I just got an email from one of my best friends who lives in New Orleans. I hadn't heard from her in awhile- now I know why. Anwyays, check out part of the email she sent me. Apparently a guy she was dating was run over by a big truck when he was riding his bike. It's pretty scary...and sad. I mean, I ride on the road all the time and realize the danger of traffic, but you just never know. Reading her email reminds me how extrememly vulnerable I am when I ride on the roads. i lost a very dear friend of mine. he's a guy (john) that i used to date 3-4 years ago when i started the public health program. it was during his first year of medical school. we'd just started hanging-out again this past fall and we called each other all the time and kind of got romantically involved a bit again. then, it all happened. i don't really want to talk about it....all the details, the guilt i still feel, the last time i saw him, the last time i talked to him. i miss him so incredibly much!!! i'm still crying several nights out of the week after i go to bed. i just think about him and how much i love him and miss him and want him back to talk to him again. he was about to graduate from med school, in the military, been accepted for a residency in NEURO SURGERY at GEORGETOWN....he was such an incredibly amazing human being, janelle. it's just WRONG what happened. i feel like his guardian angel turned its back when john needed it most. he was riding his bicycle, coming back from just being commissioned as an officer in the navy...he stopped (apparently as i'd gotten the story) in those little islands between several lanes of traffic to wait for an 18-wheeler to make a U-turn. i don't know what happened, janelle, as i got the story the back wheel of the semi clipped him and ran him over. that was it. they said the driver didn't even know he'd hit john and others had to flag him down to let him know. i was quite a mess for a while and i still can't believe he's not with us physically. |
| 2005-08-03 2:15 PM in reply to: #215309 |
Master 1741 Boston | Subject: RE: So sad... Oh my god. That is the worst thing I've ever heard. How unbelieveably unfortunate. You know, I hear more and more of these cycling fatalities and it's really starting to scare me to get out there on the road. I try to bike with a group for safety, but I do bike alone a lot. When will cars learn to SLOW DOWN out there and watch for people walking, jogging, or biking? Everyone in this country is in such a hurry. It's so sad. I'll be thinking of your friend. |
| 2005-08-03 2:26 PM in reply to: #215309 |
The Original 7834 Raleigh/Durham | Subject: RE: So sad... Exactly. You can be a smart rider but you can't control whether or not drivers want to drive smart. I don't like riding on the road unless I am with a large group. It's still very scary to think about. |
| 2005-08-03 2:55 PM in reply to: #215309 |
Expert 679 Nags Head, | Subject: RE: So sad... Sorry about your friend...Remeber the jerk who blew his horn the whole way up the rode last Sat. That's the kind of freaks we have to watch out for. |
| 2005-08-03 3:40 PM in reply to: #215366 |
Master 1889 Ann Arbor, MI | Subject: RE: So sad... I am so sorry. I don't know what to say. |
| 2005-08-03 4:36 PM in reply to: #215309 |
Champion 6931 Bellingham, Washington | Subject: RE: So sad... Always watch out for the other guy. And try to avoid any places or situations that leaves you vulnerable. Sad story. And then you see kids on BMXs and little mud jumpers riding down bike lanes the wrong way, with no helmet, baggy asscrack showing baggy jeans, smoking a cig with headphones on and they go on there merry way.....Oblivious to what's going on. |
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