Another angel
Monday evening my co-worker Armando who over time became a friend to me as well as a Myspace buddy passed away.
Tragically, he died on the freeway after being ejected from his motorcycle. Several cars hit him but none of those cars stopped to render him aid nor did any of those cars call and report it, instead he was left to die on the side of the road like an animal. The one person who did come forward (had nothing to do with the accident) and witnessed it has now been left permanently scarred from the events especially after he found out he was the only one who reported it. I read his full account and it’s too graphic for words.
It sickens me that people would not stop, call or do anything to help. It sickens me to read comments on the new articles of people who say he was just a “dumb Mexican” who deserved to die because he wouldn’t have stopped if he hit someone. Speaking as someone who knew him and worked with him on several projects, the man couldn’t hurt a fly. I cannot believe people would think he deserved to die because he was Mexican.
My co-worker Jason and I have been trying to make sense of this ever since we found out Tuesday and we can’t. Neither one of us can stop thinking about it and instead e-mail each other all day long discussing it. I e-mailed Armando’s girlfriend expressing how sorry I was and how I hope her pain eases over time. I feel so terrible for her, his family and close friends. That’s the worst part in all of this.
I know that this is part of life yet, that we are all on borrowed time but still it doesn’t makes sense to me that people like this die so horribly while other people like the Paris Hiltons of the world can go on, spending money, wasting space and whatever else she does.
Tragically, he died on the freeway after being ejected from his motorcycle. Several cars hit him but none of those cars stopped to render him aid nor did any of those cars call and report it, instead he was left to die on the side of the road like an animal. The one person who did come forward (had nothing to do with the accident) and witnessed it has now been left permanently scarred from the events especially after he found out he was the only one who reported it. I read his full account and it’s too graphic for words.
It sickens me that people would not stop, call or do anything to help. It sickens me to read comments on the new articles of people who say he was just a “dumb Mexican” who deserved to die because he wouldn’t have stopped if he hit someone. Speaking as someone who knew him and worked with him on several projects, the man couldn’t hurt a fly. I cannot believe people would think he deserved to die because he was Mexican.
My co-worker Jason and I have been trying to make sense of this ever since we found out Tuesday and we can’t. Neither one of us can stop thinking about it and instead e-mail each other all day long discussing it. I e-mailed Armando’s girlfriend expressing how sorry I was and how I hope her pain eases over time. I feel so terrible for her, his family and close friends. That’s the worst part in all of this.
I know that this is part of life yet, that we are all on borrowed time but still it doesn’t makes sense to me that people like this die so horribly while other people like the Paris Hiltons of the world can go on, spending money, wasting space and whatever else she does.