Apr 30, 2011 2:23 AM GMT
Just watched video of the terrible tornado damage in Alabama as well as interviews of survivors and it brings back memories of the tragedy my daughter and I went through back in 92'. I woke up on a saturday morning about 7:15, all was normal as I got ready for the day in the bathroom.
I smelled smoke after a few minutes, so went downstairs to see what the source was and I stopped at seeing flames coming out of the entry hall bathroom. Just as I was about to go toward the flames there was a poof noise and the hall filled with flames over me to within a foot of my head. I ran as fast as I could back up the stairs to get my daughter and the smoke was already so thick I couldn't see, but I got to her and we fled out to the second floor front porch and down a ladder into the front yard. Within 10 minutes the entire house was in flames.
It all reminds me of how quickly tragedy can strike and change everything in a persons life. Whether by storm, fire, or accidents the person going through them is changed from then on. Have any of you or your friends faced such tragedies ? How are you or they coping?
I smelled smoke after a few minutes, so went downstairs to see what the source was and I stopped at seeing flames coming out of the entry hall bathroom. Just as I was about to go toward the flames there was a poof noise and the hall filled with flames over me to within a foot of my head. I ran as fast as I could back up the stairs to get my daughter and the smoke was already so thick I couldn't see, but I got to her and we fled out to the second floor front porch and down a ladder into the front yard. Within 10 minutes the entire house was in flames.
It all reminds me of how quickly tragedy can strike and change everything in a persons life. Whether by storm, fire, or accidents the person going through them is changed from then on. Have any of you or your friends faced such tragedies ? How are you or they coping?