Saturday, January 31, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
The story of a hero.
It's only been told to a few people.
Alex while on his way home for lunch from work was hit by a drunk driver and killed.
While that mostly tells the story it is only partially the truth.
It was a somewhat clear and crisp January night when alex was driving his truck home for lunch. I was on call at the fire station in town working ems. I remember the moon a lot during that night.
Alex was struck while going through an intersection and his truck was knocked into a fairly deep ditch/culvert. The truck landed upside down. Estimates put the drunk ladies rate of speed as high as 100mph. Alex was hit on the drivers side breaking his left arm and shattering a bunch of ribs and so many other injuries it's amazing he lived past the initial impact.
Now this was a quiet country sort of road so nobody happened upon the scene until well after EMS got there.
Alex badly injured managed somehow to kick out the rear window of his truck and crawl back onto the road. I know this because of the blood trail and crawl marks left from his truck to the drunk womans car.
Alex must have saw that the womans car was on fire and he somehow managed to make it to her auto. With strength from somewhere i can only imagine alex managed to rip the door from the womans badly damaged car. pulling her unconscious body out he got her far enough away from the burning auto.
Someone was assume him dialed 911 on his cell phone and the signal was triangulated.
I got the call very early in the morning. I didn't know my brother was involved until we arrived on scene. The drunk woman was essentially just bruised up with a few cuts that were minor. I am amazed from the look of both car and truck that anyone at all lived through the accident.
Alex lay dead on the side of the road. He had even thrown what was left of his coat over the unconscious drunk woman who had cost him his own life.
That was the night i truly saw my brother for the amazing individual he was.
Alexander P Chadwick.
MY Hero.
Alex while on his way home for lunch from work was hit by a drunk driver and killed.
While that mostly tells the story it is only partially the truth.
It was a somewhat clear and crisp January night when alex was driving his truck home for lunch. I was on call at the fire station in town working ems. I remember the moon a lot during that night.
Alex was struck while going through an intersection and his truck was knocked into a fairly deep ditch/culvert. The truck landed upside down. Estimates put the drunk ladies rate of speed as high as 100mph. Alex was hit on the drivers side breaking his left arm and shattering a bunch of ribs and so many other injuries it's amazing he lived past the initial impact.
Now this was a quiet country sort of road so nobody happened upon the scene until well after EMS got there.
Alex badly injured managed somehow to kick out the rear window of his truck and crawl back onto the road. I know this because of the blood trail and crawl marks left from his truck to the drunk womans car.
Alex must have saw that the womans car was on fire and he somehow managed to make it to her auto. With strength from somewhere i can only imagine alex managed to rip the door from the womans badly damaged car. pulling her unconscious body out he got her far enough away from the burning auto.
Someone was assume him dialed 911 on his cell phone and the signal was triangulated.
I got the call very early in the morning. I didn't know my brother was involved until we arrived on scene. The drunk woman was essentially just bruised up with a few cuts that were minor. I am amazed from the look of both car and truck that anyone at all lived through the accident.
Alex lay dead on the side of the road. He had even thrown what was left of his coat over the unconscious drunk woman who had cost him his own life.
That was the night i truly saw my brother for the amazing individual he was.
Alexander P Chadwick.
MY Hero.
Alex......
Today i think about my lost brother alex. Like i did in the year past i went to his grave. There sits a small locked metal box. Inside the complete printouts of the FE universe saga for the entire year. Even though he can't be here i want what FE has done for an entire year to be near him and with him. I replaced the many printed pages with an even larger stack of paper.
Each time i read him something important that happened in FE. This year i read him the death of Admiral Bryan Cash. I know the entire thing would have tickled him pink. It's the best thing i've ever written.... My only regret is that he himself didn't get to write the piece.
Here's to ya brother.
Albert
Each time i read him something important that happened in FE. This year i read him the death of Admiral Bryan Cash. I know the entire thing would have tickled him pink. It's the best thing i've ever written.... My only regret is that he himself didn't get to write the piece.
Here's to ya brother.
Albert
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Albert R busy
Regular albert service will be disrupted for a short time.
Expect frequent albert outages and shortages. While we endeavor to make your albert service as quality as possible during this time.
Expect frequent albert outages and shortages. While we endeavor to make your albert service as quality as possible during this time.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Not much happening
The title says it all. Not a whole lot going on at castle Albert. Not a whole lot going down in my life at the moment.
I guess it could be a whole lot worse. I do so enjoy the after holiday lul. :D
Keep on trekkin
Albert
I guess it could be a whole lot worse. I do so enjoy the after holiday lul. :D
Keep on trekkin
Albert
Monday, January 5, 2009
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