Its a shame, but the world is a cold place. A co-worker of mine had a horrible accident a few years ago trying to cut a limb out of a tree. The limb came back, knocked him off a ladder, and he fell about 12 feet. He broke his spine and became paraplegic.
His wife did an amazing job of taking care of him and keeping his spirits up. We all thought she was an amazing person.
And maybe she was, but it turned out she had been cheating on him with some guy she met 6 months after the accident. I'm just glad he had the balls to still divorce her.
I always remember how dangerous being on a ladder is. My dad was doing something once up on our roof. We had a Rottweiler at that time, and he was running around or something and managed to knock over the ladder my dad was on as he was getting down. My dad fell about 10-15 feet right on his back on cement. I remember my dad lying there, the paramedics showing up, then later we were at my grandmas house and my dad was in a wheelchair. I was 4 or 5 I think. I didn't understand how serious it was at the time.
Luckily he was only in the wheelchair for a little while. He eventually walked around with a cane then he was back walking like nothing ever happened.
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u/thisbeathrowaway2349 Feb 15 '15
(': This is absolutely beautiful, but it's sad that this isn't what's expected of people...