Saturday, May 5, 2012
MY "NO" CAUSED FIVE PEOPLE TO DIE
CHRISTMAS DAY, 1955 IT WAS ALMOST HOT IN L.A. SANTA ANAS WERE BLOWING. MY DAD AND I DECIDED TO GO UP ANGELES CREST JUST FOR A RIDE. WE HAD GONE QUITE AWAYS UP AND WE CAME UPON SOME ROCKS ON HIGHWAY THAT HAD FALLEN FROM THE WIND....SOME OF THE ROCKS WERE BIG. MY DAD WANTED TO STOP AND PITCH THEM OVER THE SIDE AND I DISCOURAGED HIM FROM DOING SO. WE WENT UP A FEW MORE MILES...STOPPED AND TOOK IN THE SCENERY. ON WAY BACK DOWN, WE SAW A NUMBER OF CARS PULLED OFF AND PEOPLE WERE LOOKING DOWN INTO THE DROP OFF. WE ALSO PULLED OVER DUE TO CURIOSITY. THERE WAS A BUICK ON ITS TOP AT THE BOTTOM OF CANYON AND ONE BODY OF A MAN WAS BESIDE CAR, SPREAD EAGLED ON A ROCK . CHRISTMAS PRESENTS DOTTED THE PATH DOWN. FIVE ELDERLY PEOPLE DIED THAT DAY. THAT SPOT WAS EXACTLY THE SPOT WHERE THE ROCKS WERE..THE ONES I DID NOT WANT TO PICK UP. I WAS INDIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATHS OF FIVE PEOPLE ON......CHRISTMAS DAY. I STILL CARRY THAT WEIGHT....B
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