I dont know how they do it.

[Aldrich]

Witnessed my first dead body this morning( other than a funeral), felt like i was on a episode of CSI or something. my stomach is still turning. I drive semi for food services of america, and was on my way to my first stop after hooking up my trailer. I come across a car with its 4 ways on and slow down. all of a sudden i see two cop cars fly in real quick. being nosy i slow down even more and start to look around trying to figure out whats going on...... then I see this body on the side of the road below this cliff wall. I hope i never come across something like this again! I have a whole new respect for cops, emt's, doctors, nurse. anyone in general who has to deal with these things on a regular/semi basis.


http://www.khq.com/Global/story.asp?S=10292520 i pray for the family and friends.

 

[Racer220]

That sucks man, never been in that situation but I've been to wrecks where people have been ejected. Prayers for the family.

07

 

[wildcard28]

Sorry to hear about that man, I have been around a few bad accident and knowing there was a fatality and have totaly avoided it cause I have my fears of bodies, Was hard enough when I worked at Forests Auto Wrecking in Lewiston as a dismantleer in the shop years ago, knowing what happened in some of the cars I had to dismantle, was a very eary feeling some were bad enough I refused to work on them.

Take Care.

 

[Disco Dan Richter]

buddy of mine witnessed a head on collision a few years ago, two older ladies were hit head on by a 15 year old girl(no license, borrowed car), he ran out to the scene right away, but he said within 20 feet of the car he could see the two old ladies, smashed and unrecognizable, blood was pouring out of the car. Needless to say he ralphed and was not the same for a while.

 

[shortstop20]

Way too young to die.

 

[Deadsled]

Nine years ago I had my first experience with that. It was my wife. This image is burned in my memory and I wish I could get rid of it.

 

[Mafesto]

Nine years ago I had my first experience with that. It was my wife. This image is burned in my memory and I wish I could get rid of it.

Sorry for your loss.
May God's peace be with you.

 

[Blu Du]

we seen one about a year ago. it was dark and rainy see a squad in front of us with lights on. it's a 4 lane hyway and the squad is parked right in the middle of the road. we pass him on the left side at about 5 mph. in front of the squad laying on the center line is a guy. we had our kids with 3&6 and i said look it this way really quick and they didn't see the guy luckily. it turned out he was a POS drunk that walked down to the liqour store and was going to cross the highway to his house. the guy that hit him had his 10 year old with him

 

[theultrarider]

In 82 while stationed in Italy with the Air Force, me and a buddy of mine pulled a young lady out of the med. sea that was caught in a riptide. We tried cpr and all once out, but was gone. I can still see her to this day. Not a way to make a living. My respect to those who do.

 

[Zachcreek]

The first few recoveries I did on SAR were tough. Scares the crap out of you. Funerals are one thing, seeing it on the street is another. I know what you mean on the respect for those that deal with it on a daily basis.

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Never a good scene. I've seen a few and it still bugs me. All the folks who deal with this are exceptional humans and have my thanks for their efforts!

 

[wildcard28]

Nine years ago I had my first experience with that. It was my wife. This image is burned in my memory and I wish I could get rid of it.

Our Condolences Man, Thats gotta Be rough I have a long time customer who is in his 70`s and very active man and when he lost his wife of almost 40 yrs , that was very hard to see his pain. Hang In there.

 

[Crazy 8]

My freshman year at the Univ. of WY a kid comitted suicide by jumping out of a 12th floor window in White hall onto the concrete. I was headed to the library and must have just left my dorm room when it happened. I came around the corner and a lot of people had gathered on the street, but nobody was close to the body. I come strolling through and got within about 20 yds. of the body before I realized what it was. That is a sight I'll never forget. A friend of a friend worked at the hospital and said he broke every bone in his body (fingers, toes, everthing).

 

[greenskeeper]

worked S & R for about 6 years, pulled 5 people out D O A, some how that was not the worst, the worst is being the first on a wreck, with no one else around, had that happen 2 time, I think the worst one was when we were first married, we came around a corner, and a convertible, with 6 people missed the corner and flipped about 3 times down the road, no seat belts in thoes days, doubt that would have had any help, they were all over the road for about 200 ft,,,,all DOA

 

[dooadew]

sorry to hear



2 summers ago my son was learning to drive , i was in the passenger seat and a pickup passed us on a bad corner doing about 85 mph. he only made 2 more corners before losing control and flying over the gaurdrail and the pickup landed upside down in the river. i sat with the guy for an hour before the EMT's got there. he was alive for only about 20 minutes of that time. it really sucks to hear a human being draw his last breath. ill never forget the sight, sound and smell of that night. i only hope my son learned a huge lesson from it

im with you , i dont know how the EMT's and medical personell do it

 

[AKSNOWRIDER]

I've seen a few over the years....worst one was when I was 8..running around in the desert with my brother and this guy pulls up in the gravel pit a 100 yrds away from us(he didnt know we were there)..nice new caddy..he opens the drivers door, puts his feet out on the ground..drinks something..then took a 12 guage shotgun and put it under his chin and pulled the trigger....weirdest thing I have ever seen..all the windows in the car instantly turned black....We went down and looked after about 10 minutes...it was blood and brain all over the windows..he was layed back across the frt seats..no head at all..we ran all the way to the house and told our grandpa who called the sheriff....been more over the years..mostly bad car acidents....and it is tough to deal with for sure..really makes you question the things you do in your own life...........

 

[woodpecker]

If you have never seen one. Please try to avoid it. ya we all want to be nosy but once you seen one you'll have little sleep (or no sleep)for a while. The only way I can deal with them is with the thought of dead animals (dad was a butcher). everyone deals with it differentially (some can't at all). The first time will change your thought pattern. Thinking of loved ones. Realizing that everyone is at risk. Spending quality time with those around you. about the wasted time in front of the Tv or Computer

 

[Ultra]

Watched a twin engine plane hit the ground at about 300mph with a dozen people aboard. Hugh fireball. Was one of the first ones to the point of impact. What a mess. Sleepless nights for weeks.

 

[PowderStew]

Been first on the scene twice at fatal car wrecks. Had to do CPR both times on victims that didn't make it. You never forget what they look like. It has been 8 years since the last one and I still wonder if there was something I could have done different. Both time EMT's said I did everything perfect. They both had severe head injuries and didn't have a chance. Both young, one a mother of two and one a university kid on his way home. You never forget.

 

[triple]

A woman that I worked with had a son who was killed walking across the highway to go home. I was on the scene within 30 seconds of it happening. I didn't know who he was at the time. We were on our way camping with my wife and kids. I pulled over, told them all to wait in the truck and attempted CPR but there was nothing anyone could have done. I grabbbed a blanket out of the camper and covered him until the police and paramedics arrived We left for our weeks vacation with this awful sight burned into our memories. When I got back, I had heard that the kid killed was this co-worker's son. I ended up going over to their house on the night we got back to pay our respects. I wasn't sure how to handle the fact that I was the first on scene. I didn't want to say anything about it. The police told them that someone had stopped and had left after the EMt and police had arrived. She was in distress still (of course) about the loss of her boy. Her greatest stress was caused by the fact that she thought that he probably suffered alone on the highway. I decided at that moment to open up and tell them that it was us that attended first. I told her that he was killed instantly and that I was sure that in no way he suffered. It was a terrible accident and he went very quickly. The parents were very relieved that I had come forward with this bit of information. Of course the police made the same statement to them but it was different coming from me.