Archive for September 7th, 2003

Death

7 September 2003

The trailer next to mine burned down - from 1 to 3 of the kids died, the parents are in the hospital as well. I was eating a very late breakfast at the time, downtown. I came home to get a backpack Anna had forgotten to see police had blocked off the access I usually use to go home. They say it took about ten minutes from the time the alarm sounded - people screaming for help - and when it was all over. Since I’m so close to the fire, someone grabbed my hose and used it to try to put the fire out. I only wish there was more I could have done. Part of me wants to have been here at the time so I could have run out and tried to do more. Shit like this plagues me all out of proportion. I can tell this is going to cause a major tailspin for me already - I was depressed for months after a car collision I avoided killed several people. We’ll see how it goes.