Screaming Flower
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i don't know why i'm even telling this here but i am really shaken right now and i think i'm going to cry.
i don't know if anyone of you saw this on the news today but there was a party in my neighborhood on the third floor of this regular walk-up apartment building. the weather was beautiful so lots of people were on the deck/balcony. horrifyingly, it collapsed and fell right through the lower two decks killing 12 people and injuring 57. all of these people were my age and it was right in my neighborhood. i can practically see the street from my window. i've been thinking about it all day. most of these kids went to high school together and were just having a good time. i just couldn't help but think how easily it could have been someone i know. it's just so upsetting to me.
about 20 minutes ago my younger brother called. he lives about four blocks from me. i could tell immediately that something was wrong. he had just been over here so it was weird that he called. anyway, he proceeded to tell me that he was supposed to be at that very party. he was with his friend amanda last night and it was her co-worker's party. her co-worker was one of the twelve killed. my brother said that for some reason he just didn't want to go to the party. he doesn't know why. and he's the type that would go to any party - he's just really social. for some reason he just didn't want to go and he managed to convince amanda to go to a different bar with him instead.
he could have been there.
i'm not the kind of person who readily spills my guts like this and i don't know why i'm doing it now. i just can't believe how close tragedy could have been to my family. i don't even know what else to say.
if you can please keep those kids in your prayers - there are still some critically injured. pray for their families and friends. and tell your family you love them.
i don't know if anyone of you saw this on the news today but there was a party in my neighborhood on the third floor of this regular walk-up apartment building. the weather was beautiful so lots of people were on the deck/balcony. horrifyingly, it collapsed and fell right through the lower two decks killing 12 people and injuring 57. all of these people were my age and it was right in my neighborhood. i can practically see the street from my window. i've been thinking about it all day. most of these kids went to high school together and were just having a good time. i just couldn't help but think how easily it could have been someone i know. it's just so upsetting to me.
about 20 minutes ago my younger brother called. he lives about four blocks from me. i could tell immediately that something was wrong. he had just been over here so it was weird that he called. anyway, he proceeded to tell me that he was supposed to be at that very party. he was with his friend amanda last night and it was her co-worker's party. her co-worker was one of the twelve killed. my brother said that for some reason he just didn't want to go to the party. he doesn't know why. and he's the type that would go to any party - he's just really social. for some reason he just didn't want to go and he managed to convince amanda to go to a different bar with him instead.
he could have been there.
i'm not the kind of person who readily spills my guts like this and i don't know why i'm doing it now. i just can't believe how close tragedy could have been to my family. i don't even know what else to say.
if you can please keep those kids in your prayers - there are still some critically injured. pray for their families and friends. and tell your family you love them.
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