2nd Avenue Accident

This post will stray from tradition, however I find it to be important enough to make the exception as it is an experience I will surely never forget. On March 19th, Tuesday night, there was an accident on 96th and 2nd. On my way home from class, I had been intercepted by a few friends that said, "we're going to investigate!". Eager for adventure, I joyously followed.

Upon inquiring on what we were pursuing, I was somewhat disturbed. Apparently at 8:30 a worker had fallen 75 feet into a construction hole. He survived the landing, but debris began to collapse around him. As if things couldn't get any worse for him, the mud beneath him began to act as quick sand and sucked him in. 

When we got there, the streets were filled with fire trucks in the preliminary stages of the rescue. We wondered to find out more information and as time passed we found ourselves surrounded by Fox 5, ABC news, Pix 11 and NBC. There was a certain adrenaline that went with seeing all these broadcasters but was quickly replaced by what we had saw after.

Things began to get chaotic. Fire trucks were filling the streets and we were trapped in the media line. As we escaped, we saw a fireman carrying another fireman. The second was coated head to toe in mud and was trembling. The bottle of water he held in his hand was splashing in every direction until there was hardly any left. He was barely audible,  but all we caught from him was, "He's down there... he's down there," with exasperated breath. 

I found it to be inappropriate to snap a photo of that man, but I did manage to take a few pictures of the scene. It was all very overwhelming.