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I believe in fate and miracles, but call it what you will...
My story isn't one in which I got out unscathed, but I did get out alive....
I was in an automobile wreck in 1998. A BIG Dodge Ram T-boned the driver-side door of my little Hyundai hatchback and proceeded to 'skid' down the side of my car. Two things, in my eyes, were fate/miracle. First, the fact I had bought the Hyundai because I couldn't really afford anything else - but it had a wonderful new safety feature (a steel safety bar in the doors). If it hadn't had that, the truck would have been in my lap and not deflected down the side of my car. The second is that, the last thing I saw before he hit me was his driver's side headlight pointing straight at my driver's side window only an ince or so away. Then suddenly I opened my eyes and my head was turned the opposite direction. There is no way I could have moved my head in time to avoid getting my face shredded, but it had been moved. I was still 'scalped' on the left side of my head by the broken window and had to receive about 45 stitches, but if my face had stayed turned towards the window, it would have taken off the left side of my face. And my left eye is the only one I can see out of - I'm legally blind in my right. To this day, I believe an Angel was present and turned my head in time. Most people wouldn't be thankful to have a broken collarbone, severe lacerations to the right forearm and left scalp, but I was. I was out of the hospital in three hours and back to work in four days instead of being in ICU and having extensive plastic surgery. And I am thankful every day that I survived that wreck even though it has left me with lasting medical difficulties. I still remember every detail and I never lost consciousness. I even tried to call 9-1-1 on my cell phone, but forgot to press 'send'. *small smile*
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