Sunday, December 20, 2009
importance of life
i have been working as a paramedic in a middleastern country for 4 years now.part of my work is to respond to any calls be it medical and road traffic accidents on the streets whether it is minor or major accidents. i saw different situations where people died in a very different manners like some were mutilated beyond recognition. however, 3 days ago i experienced "shall i term it as unfortunate one".our unit got a call from our dispatchers informing us that there was an attempted suicide in aparticular building.just as usual we moved from our station to look for that address. i was even joking with our driver that maybe its just a minor one. the area that we were looking for was just a stones throw away from our station. when we were inside the building my partner knocked on the door. somebody calmly opened the door, a man in his late 40's led us to the living room where we saw two lifeless bodies lying on the floor both were women one in her teens and the other one in late 30's. i was very shocked. i could not speak for awhile. i got my penlight and checked their eyes as well as there pulses..there were none. one body was in rigor mortis already. then this guy told us that there was still one guy inside the bedroom so my partner opened it and to our surprised we saw a boy in his 20's hanging on the ceiling fan lifeless. the man told us that the bodies belonged to his wife and children. he further told us that he was part of that suicide plan but fortunately while he was hanging there he could not endure the pain that's why he cut the clothed he used in hanging. all the way he was bringing this scissor with him. i could see in his neck the redness marks. we did not touched anything since it was a police case. when the police came he was then questioned and handcuffed. i was very tired then when we got out from that building. i was thinking " how could they ever do that?" as i analyzed the events, the suicide was planned long time and it was that guy who assisted them in hanging themselves. as for that guy who survived that adventure, i could see in him the reluctance to die. he was afraid of dying and the consequences in it. i dont know why people resort to this extreme way of ending ones life. as i was about to slept that night, there were many questions in my mind that only God could answer it. i just prayed for their souls that God will forgive them for what they did.
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