Death

[Shakey75]

Ok, I'm not really expecting replies to this and just kinda letting feelings out. Actually saw somebody die tonight. The reasons were pretty petty and unnecessary, but it still happened. Just let the people you care for know it!

[JayD]

No one wants to think/speak of death,
do they?

But Matthew 24 tells of the day we'll meet our "Master"........


36"But the exact day and hour? No one knows that, not even heaven's angels, not even the Son. Only the Father knows.
48-51"But if that person only looks out for himself, ........ does what he pleases....... throwing drunken parties for his friends—
the Master is going to show up when he least expects it and make hash of him. He'll end up in the dump with the hypocrites, out in the cold shivering, teeth chattering."


So live your life, ready to die and meet your maker
cause ya never know when it will happen ;)

[Dusty]

What happend?

[Shakey75]

Saw a guy get hit by a car. It was at night so the lady driving never saw him and didn't even hit her brakes till she hit him. It was a very nasty scene. The guy was arguing w/ his woman and standing in the road(airline hwy in norco) on purpose. He said he wanted to get hit. That's why I said it was petty and unnecessary. I didn't know him but it was a f'd up thing to see.

[ka5ysy]

Sounds like a Darwin Award nominee. Occasionally we see the "suicide by cop" syndrome but this looks like vehicular suicide. Sad thing is that the lady that hit him is going to have post traumatic stress problems for a very long time because of the selfishness of that idiot.

Im sorry you had to see that. I have seen way to many deaths all of which were unnecessary, mostly as a result of the stupidity of the decedent.

Stuff happens and people die. The sun will rise in the morning.

[Shakey75]

Yeah, I feel bad for that lady. She looked like she was holding up, but that had to mess w/ her head.

[Shakey75]

Oh, here's the article on it:

Man walks into path of car and is killed
Posted by The Times-Picayune July 15, 2007 1:19PM

A Laplace man was killed early this morning when he walked into the path of a car, the Louisiana State Police said.

Wayne A. Swanson, 25, was killed around 5 a.m. today when he walked out of the Spillway Bar, 15641 Airline Highway, in Norco, and directly into the southbound lanes of travel, said Senior Trooper Joseph Piglia of State Police Troop B. Swanson was was struck by a 2004 Mitsubishi Galant driven by Paula Barnes, 41, of Laplace.

Barnes tried to avoid impact by braking and swerving, but was unable to do so, Piglia said. It was raining at the time of the accident and the roadway was wet, he said.

Swanson was pronounced dead on the scene.

According to witnesses in the bar, Swanson had been arguing with his girlfriend and was distraught when he left the bar.

Alcohol impairment on Swanson's part is a factor in the crash, Piglia said. The accident is still under investigation, he said.

[lovethewater72]

I'm sorry you had to witness such a thing.

[bayoubikebruiser]

Wow.

I mean...

Whoa.

You need to clear your head with a rideor something after that. You can't control what happens around you in the world, but you do control what you think and feel about it. Chalk this one to a crime against humanity on the part of someone who wasn't fit for this beautiful world.

[nickatnite]

. Actually saw somebody die tonight.

Joey,
I've been reading this and finally felt like I would comment. If you have ever noticed, I rarely comment on deaths and such of that nature. And right now, it's taken me from when you first posted this until now that I feel like I want to make a comment.

What you experienced is the work of one of God's miracles. I know you or ya'll might think I am fucked in the head for saying something of that nature, but it's true...

October 1997, I was working in the ER at Southwest Regional as an ER Tech (had my EMT license and worked nothing but ER and not trucks unless they got in a bind).
This elderly black woman came in with mild chest pains. Hooked her up and at the time she had a normal sinus rhythm, but you could look at her and tell something was "just not right". Ten minutes later, I'm doing cpr on her for a good 45 minutes due to coding (flatline). The attending finally called it and T.O.D. was 2300 hrs. Well, we got her cleaned up, as we say and I took the time and went and got her a warm blanket and put on her before we let the family into visit before moving her to the morgue. Real somber moment, family cried, hugged us, thanked us for what we could do. Even as she lay there, lifeless, she had a peaceful look.

At 10 minutes to midnight, a lady is wheeled into the ER and her water has broke. Our in house patient elevator was in the ER, so I took her up to the 3rd floor (L & D). Usually, I just take patients up there and drop them off and leave. When I opened the door, she had another contraction and the charge nurse was by herself and asked if I wold take her to her room and get her situated. Sure, no problem. Next think I know, I'm in the middle of a delivery... Later that night, I was talking with a co-worker about what all had transpired and it was put simply as this.

"Nick, what you saw tonight, what YOU experienced tonight was first hand knowledge that God exists." my friend said.

In a matter of an hour, I saw a life taken away and a new life given...

I guess what I am trying to tell you is yes, you saw God do something that night. To some people, he did a cruel thing - he took a life. But remember this, He gave a life to another person....

[Katy]

I had a little life crisis about trying to understand death a few years ago, and i still havent gotten over it.

I had a close friend and her brother get killed in a car accident on their parents wedding anniversary, a close co worker die from a leg infection (totally preventable) at the age of 17 due to a 6 month old injury.

it left me just thinking "why god? why?". What hurts the most to me is that life DOES go on, and will after I die. Those who are left behind is what hurts me.

That person you knew so well, so deep a soul, just no longer IS? all is left are memories.

I fear my own death, not so much because i dont know what will happen to my soul... but for my family and friends who will hurt. I fear it to the point that it is agonizing and causes me great anxiety.

WHY? I'll never be able to feel at peace with it.

[ka5ysy]

I had a little life crisis about trying to understand death a few years ago, and i still havent gotten over it.

I had a close friend and her brother get killed in a car accident on their parents wedding anniversary, a close co worker die from a leg infection (totally preventable) at the age of 17 due to a 6 month old injury.

it left me just thinking "why god? why?". What hurts the most to me is that life DOES go on, and will after I die. Those who are left behind is what hurts me.

That person you knew so well, so deep a soul, just no longer IS? all is left are memories.

I fear my own death, not so much because i dont know what will happen to my soul... but for my family and friends who will hurt. I fear it to the point that it is agonizing and causes me great anxiety.

WHY? I'll never be able to feel at peace with it.


Think of it this way: We are all dying from the instant we are born, and it is a natural cycle. Don't fear death, but rather, enjoy your time here and the people you are privileged to know and love. Look on it as another great adventure when the time comes to move on to whatever comes next. Kind of the same thought I had when I went up the steps to the Army Reception Center in 1969 "Another Great Adventure Begins!"

The only thing that has ever bothered me is possibly getting incurably very sick and becoming a burden on my family, in which case I would probably elect to punch my own ticket out.

As it is, If a meteor squashed me tomorrow, I would put on my filing cabinet something like "WOW ! What a hell of a fun life I have had, and the magical things I have done and seen!"

Besides, If there is a heaven, I don't have to buy any more aviation gas to fly around!

Cool12

[Juice]

Very well spoken Doug. You have made my day.




Think of it this way: We are all dying from the instant we are born, and it is a natural cycle. Don't fear death, but rather, enjoy your time here and the people you are privileged to know and love. Look on it as another great adventure when the time comes to move on to whatever comes next. Kind of the same thought I had when I went up the steps to the Army Reception Center in 1969 "Another Great Adventure Begins!"

The only thing that has ever bothered me is possibly getting incurably very sick and becoming a burden on my family, in which case I would probably elect to punch my own ticket out.

As it is, If a meteor squashed me tomorrow, I would put on my filing cabinet something like "WOW ! What a hell of a fun life I have had, and the magical things I have done and seen!"

Besides, If there is a heaven, I don't have to buy any more aviation gas to fly around!

Cool12

[dannyt]

I am not afraid of death. I have been married twice.

[ka5ysy]

I am not afraid of death. I have been married twice.

Perfect LE profile !:)

Actually I think you didn't die; you are/were in Pergatory: the Undead !