I Saved a Life

December 2011. I was a senior in high school and was studying for midterms, but in today's society we all know what that means...Facebook. Anyway I had seen that my friend Andy (name changed for personal reasons), who had just gone off...

About 5 years ago when I was 17 I attended a close friends birthday party. She was my good friend and her and my little sister were both 16 and were best friends . I went with my boyfriend, best friend and my little sister.

We were...

It always seemed like people were leaving. My father left when I was a baby. My brother left. My aunts, my uncles. No one wanted to stay. I grew attached and they walked away. So when I made friends, I attached strongly.

I was 15. I...

When my parents decided to move into town from out in the country something totally unexpected happened to me on move in day. They chose what they thought was a nice house in a nice neighborhood with Dr's and lawyers for neighbors. I...

 Simple enough, I found a man asleep in his car just as his roof was covered over in snow. As a teenager I wanted the experience of being able to say I 'skied' down the Hutchinson River Pkwy- in the bronx. I had my own ski's and the...

My three year old sister was drowning so i jumped in the pool and took her out and yelled papa help and i saved her life.

   I have been singing Gospel music for thirty years and recorded ten songs on a cassette about twenty years ago. That was about the time when CD's were just coming onto the scene. A few years ago a lady approached me and said she...

Years ago I was walking through a station with friends and as we climbed the stairs to leave an old gentleman collapsed on the other side of the stairs, walking down.

It was all so sudden. I remember as he fell he was holding a carrier...

On Oct. 1, I encountered a man who had had what is called a "widowmaker" type heart attack, which is one resulting from such a severe blockage of the coronary arteries that in the vast majority of cases (95%+) it results in death.  In...

My husband, myself , my brother, and his girlfriend were on our way to a resturant one night when something totally unexpected happpened. My husband was driving when something entered the roadway and was in the middle of the road. My...

A couple weeks ago he was killing himself. I was home alone and we were on the phone and he said he was cutting. I start to cry and I notice that I can hear him stab himself repeatedly. Crying over the phone uncontrollably, he told me...

And what I feel that person did in the end was treat me horrible, acted kind of unthankful, and was selfish. Not that I regret helping the person, but still. So I got a sorry letter one day but I doubt the seriousness of it. I wont let...

I was getting on the train headed north in December 1999. We had waited forever for the arrival of the train. Starving and ready to have breakfast we sit comfortably in the dining car and order our meal. Then chatting allong the rails...

I have had 3 times where I feel I honestly saved someone's life. As a team we directly or indirectly save people's lives all the time.
But I have 3 I keep close to my heart, and can remember every second as it ticked away.

1. A teenage...

My younger cousin was extremely suicidal... She came close to killing herself twice (hospitalized both times and locked up). Not to mention all of the cutting and all of the drugs (legal and illegal).
When all she really needed was...

(Me & My Mom Are Best friends , shes my Strength & courage , I love her with ever thing)It Was A Beautiful Friday After Noon I Was Outback Playing Until my "Playtime" Was Interrupted , My Brother Telling Me to Hurry Up Its Something...