Thursday, September 1

First Aid

On my way to work today as I was riding the scoot down the hill by the car wash I noticed some cars pulled off to the side of the road next to a bike. As I got closer I noticed why they had stopped, a girl was sitting with her back against the barrier, blood dripping down her face with her bike mangled a few feet by her side. The cars had stopped to offer assistance to her, a man on a phone, a woman running out of a car to offer help. And I remember exactly how it felt for that girl to be in that situation and it made me feel so helpless. I wish I knew first aid better and how to offer help in those situations

but I just rode on by...