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Car Wreck Research Paper

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Whenever I see a car wreck, I recall my wreck several years ago that could have very easily cost me my life. Living through that experience has helped me to value every day more than before and may also be the reason I always feel the need to stop and help those on the roadside. Years later I can see that my family's car wreck was a unique event in my life that changed my perception of life.
I can still hear the quiet dripping of rain when I awoke on the morning before the accident. The sun was barely breaking through my window's blinds with a yellow and gold glow when I opened my eyes. Glancing at the clock, I saw that it was 8am, and my family was going to a church service as was their usual routine. After dragging myself out of bed and dressing the part, I headed to the kitchen to eat. Steaming stacks of chocolate chip pancakes drizzled with hot maple syrup awaited me.
After I had finished eating, I dozed off in the car as I waited for my parents and brother. While I had not stayed up too late to read the night before, I have never been a morning person, so my mind was still foggy when my family entered the car. As we left home, my parents had started arguing about something which held nothing but the promise of a trying day. As we neared the interstate, …show more content…

I was fearful as the car seemed to be traveling much too fast to be considered safe. As our car passed over the crest of the hill and down towards a left curve, our tires lost traction, and the road became a glass plate. We slid left across the water, hydroplaning as we neared the shoulder. Our tires touched the gravel on the roadside, and our car spun down into the bowl like median with thick trees in our path. The car spun three times, then shuddered as the side was crumpled in by a large pine. The window to my right imploded as crystalline stars filled my vision and the world slowed down, then blacked

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