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whirligig
it was june 20th
1994
seven years ago
we were driving down blue star highway
i was sitting in the
front passenger seat of an old van
the sun was
streaking
through rich greens of summer
streaming past my window
i was enjoying the scenery and
the sounds of my daughter
laughing in back
when out of nowhere
life
curved
and a
car brought terror
speeding into our lane
we went off the road to get away
oh god
there was an explosion
it was the loudest sound i ever heard
and then a wind
a big wind
and a bright white light came
and took everything away
what happened
i heard rebekah
she sounded so far away
mommy
mommy
she was crying
she needed me
there was blood and broken
glass everywhere
i could not move my head
could not turn to
see her
to see if she was okay
it was bad
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are you hurt
come to where i can see you
are you
bleeding
take a shirt and hold it on your mouth
i watched as the driver got out of the car
he left us
there
i could not move
could not think to take off the seat
belt
or get out of the van
too much pain
i was
stuck
bekah
is that smoke
get out
it's gonna blow
it's gonna blow
we will get hit by a truck
get out get
out
no
no she was crying
no
you have to get out
it’s gonna blow
but she wouldn’t leave me
at nine years old she was so
brave
she stayed
bleeding,
thinking i would die
not
caring what happened to her
she stayed with me
my memory goes blank after that
later i was told rebekah was the one who got me out of the
van
she was my hero
the only visual picture i have
was being
outside and
twirling
like some kind of a whirligig
spinning
in slow
motion
spiraling
toward the ground
falling
gently
downward
to a surreal
silent
stop
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