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Monday, September 9, 2013

Courage is a quality that almost everyone has. Courage makes us face situations that we don't run into everyday. The last time I experienced courage was when my dad and his friend got into a car crash. Last Monday was labor day and the 3 of us were playing golf. It was all going good until we got to the 3rd hole and it started raining, and following the rain came lightning. So the sirens at the golf club went off and everyone was called back to the club house just for everyone's safety. On our way back my dad and his friend were in their golf cart and I was in my own driving by myself.  When we came up to the path where we had to take to get back to the clubhouse we had to stop immediately because the rain had made the path a slip'n'slide. So I went down the hill very carefully and made it to the bottom with no problems, now my dad is on his way down but his cart was going very fast so he had to hit the brakes which made the carts E-Brake initiate and lock up all of the wheels. After the E-brakes locked my dads cart flipped and they were both on the side of the path in a flipped cart. My first instinct was to go make sure everyone was ok (My dad came out with an injured back and his friend came out with a bruised femur because the cart had landed on it) and after that I had to go call 911 because I new they were hurt. Now this doesn't seem that courageous but that was the first time ever that I was involved and a car accident and I had no idea what to do, but somehow in a way I did.

1 comment:

  1. You made a really interesting point here, Kyle. We don't really know courage until we find ourselves in a situation that calls for it.

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