My Point of View
Written by Jonathan T.
Zimmerman
I am Luke’s brother. I was there when Luke drowned in the Wabash
River. I know exactly what happened and
not what my dad thinks and he was there too.
My mom’s blog is all about Luke and how I told her how it happened. I kinda forgot a few parts of it. Like about the part where I was in 6 feet of
water and if I wasn't in water, I would have had a concussion because I slipped
on a rock and I floated to the bottom.
Which is where I found Luke. So I
tried to pick Luke up on my back, and if you have ever tried to pick up a kid
in water, it is impossible, so I fell in again. And then, I finally got the strength
to get out of the water and yell and cuss a little under my breath at my dad.
(Sorry about that Mama.) Anyways, I finally
got out, ran up to my dad, he was busy playing games on his phone, I had to get
his attention by getting out of the water, getting up as far as I could on the
ramp, and yell at him. It took about 30
seconds for him to realize what was going on.
And I yelled Thomas. He finally
went and got Luke out of the water.
I told dad to give me his phone
and I called 911. They came, and then I
called my mom. When the fire trucks got
there, it was weird. I had never seen
that many cars in the same place at the same time. I could hear them pumping on Luke’s chest. I once heard them yell he is not breathing,
and a paramedic ran at him and had these little things and shocked him. Then they put him in a fire truck and
ran. There wasn't enough ambulances
because a trailer fell into the river.
A policeman took me to the
hospital, this was the third time I got to ride in a police car and I wasn't arrested! At the hospital, I saw a whole
bunch of tubes sticking out of Luke’s body. And I got free food. I saw a whole lot of doctors. They were shocking Luke. They were saying clear. I was outside the room with my dad. I felt horrible. Because it all happened so fast. I didn't feel scared, just horrible.
thanks for your point of view; Sometimes people don't take the time to listen because "you're just a kid", but I listened.
ReplyDeleteI know that was hard to express all of that. You are very brave. I will always read and listen to you whenever u need an ear, especially when your in my chair. Love ya
ReplyDeleteHey dad
DeleteI am glad he opened up. I am glad he let it out. He knows , I'm glad he shared. ((Hugs ))
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