in which tori shows she's obsessed
[ Nightmare ]
This is no way to treat the dead!
(Clearly, Alex has a healthy respect for those who've passed on. I think this goes for all those dead - yes, including Curtis Ackers, Mayor Bartlett, Doc Fitch, and even The Bitch. 'When they're dead, they're dead and gone, and they're getting their just desserts.' Basically. Well, only for Ackers and Holloway. He doesn't view Mayor Bartlett and Doc Fitch too harshly; at least they showed remorse for killing their kids.)
[ Shepherd's Glen ]
One of Mayor Bartlett's ancestors was a town founder. Bartlett has been Mayor here since I was born and no one ever ran against him. I guess family heritage counts for a lot here.
(Just another statement to back up the fact that Shepherd's Glen is One Of Those Towns.)
This is Edwin Holloway, one of the town's founders. My father hated the Holloways, but Margaret always treated me well. She and Elle even sent me letters when I left for the war... more letters than anyone else sent. Sometimes I wonder how things would have turned out if I had been born into a different family...
(And the fucked up view of the Holloways that I mentioned before on Plurk, for those who follow. Obviously he doesn't think this now, but the fact that he did at one time, with how Judge Holloway actually turns out to be...
I wonder why Adam hated the Holloways so much, too. Was it the blind devotion to what they were doing, so much so that it could allow them to stare their children in the eye and feel no remorse as they killed them? If so, hell, I can't blame him.)
This is Cornelius Fitch, another one of Shepherd's Glen's town founders. I always forget that Doctor Ditch is his direct descendant. Doc never really liked to talk about town history.
(I find it interesting that Doc Fitch never cared to talk about town history. Maybe he was against what they had to do from the get go? Despite the news article about that incident where he saved the bus of kids and kept Alex from freezing to death in Toluca River, he's kinda... mousy lookin'. He seemed like he had a heart of gold - look how messed up killing Scarlet made him! - but it seems like he's easily pushed around.)
The gate is sealed shut - there's no way I could open it. This should lead down the the docks and boat launch. As a kid, I would spend entire summer days out on the lake.
(Just reference on Alex's childhood.)
Looks like someone got the suitcases down from the attic. Were Mom and Dad planning on going somewhere...?
(Looks like they were thinking of gettin' while the gettin' was good. Too bad they never made it.)
I think these were my grandfather's candleholders. Mom always insisted on lighting them when people came over for big dinners.
(Family Observation, Pt. I)
This couch is really worn out. Me and Josh used to hide out comic books in the cushions. Mom always said they were a waste of time. She didn't understand.
(Parental Observation, Mother Unit, Pt. II. Comic books? Really? What were Adam and Lillian expecting them to do for fun, sit around and stare at the wallpaper?)
This is mom's favorite french poetry book. She loves poetry.
(Parental Observation, Mother Unit, Pt. II)
These are Dad's books. He always got so worked up if I touched any of his stuff.
(Parental Observation, Father Unit, Pt. I)
The clock has stopped. Mom keeps everything in perfect order - why hasn't she fixed the clock?
(Parental Observation, Mother Unit, Pt. III)
There was a photo of me here... where is it?
(I know they didn't want to think about Alex, but I have to get this out there: this is so. Fucked. Up. There is a grand total of ONE picture in the house with Alex in it, and I get the feeling it was left there just because he was in the picture with his parents. What. The. Fuck.)
Mom's jewelry case. I remember she would get mad if we touched it.
(Parental Observation, Mother Unit, Pt. IV. 'We'? So she'd get mad at Josh too? |D)
Mom and Dad's bed. Joshua and I got caught jumping on it once. Of course, I got punished while Josh was totally let off the hook.
(The image of them jumping on their parent's bed together is fucking adorable. Anyway, Family Observation, Pt. II. Showing how they favored Josh.)
I used to hate taking baths when I was a kid. It was always a struggle to get me in the tub.
(jshgdj lmfao, Alex, ilu. I think this was always an issue with him instead of just happening because of the almost drowning incident? And now he has it again thanks to everything. B| But fff, all I can imagine is him flailspazzing as Adam tries to shove him in the tub...)
It's a photo of Dad and Josh fishing at the lake. Why am I never in any of these photos?
(;;)
This is Joshua's bug collection. One time I helped him catch spiders in the backyard. He loves spiders for some weird reason.
(Reference on Josh. Just in case, idk.)
It looks like my parents sold all my toys. I guess after I left for the service, they didn't see much point in keeping any of my stuff.
(Again, wanting to get rid of any and all reminders of Alex after he was shipped off to the crazy house. Jesus, guys.)
Ah, the trusty old washer and dryer. They were constantly breaking down. But Dad was too cheap to get new ones, of course. 'They work fine!' he'd yell.
(Parental Observation, Father Unit, Pt. II. This is another of those things that make me laugh like hell.)
Dad was always so protective of these tools, he wouldn't leave them open like this...
(Parental Observation, Father Unit, Pt. III. Basically an all-American father with his fixing things, fishing, hunting, etc.)
I love this canoe. We bought it the summer of that big brush fire. I used to take it out on the lake and float around for hours... My Dad told us never to go out on the lake by ourselves, but we did anyway. It was so much fun.
(WELL YOU SHOULD'VE LISTENED... maybe? This game is so fucked up that I can't figure out if he should've done anything differently.)
I remember when Dad spun me so hard on this, I threw up.
(Parental Observation, Father Unit, Pt. IV. Upon seeing the carousel in the park. THE MENTAL IMAGE, oh my god. And I suppose this shows he wasn't always acting indifferent or angry towards Alex.)
Josh was so excited when they bought this for him. They never bought anything like this for me...
(Family Observation, Pt. III. On the swingset in the backyard. Yet another example of how they favored Josh.)
This is my old bike. I bought this with money I made from my paper route. Looks like the tires are flat, though.
(Family Observation, Pt. IV. WOW, so Alex had to work for everything he wanted? Jesus. And these still had the training wheels on... How old was he when he got it?)
The sink is full of dishes. The smell is awful. Why hasn't Mom been cleaning?
(Parental Observation, Mother Unit, Pt. V. I'm starting to feel like Lillian has OCD or something instead of just being a typical housewife and mother.)
Mom loves to bake. She's pretty good at it too. When she bakes brownies, the whole house smells like chocolate. That smell haunted me while I was in the hospital. Maybe she'll whip up a batch now that I'm back...
(Parental Observation, Mother Unit, Pt. VI. SOMEONE IN VEGAS NEEDS TO MAKE ALEX BROWNIES STAT. ;;)
This is Mom's sewing machine. She used to mend our clothes. Sometimes she used to spend all day mending clothes or making things for the other ladies around town.
(Parental Observation, Mother Unit, Pt. VII. So the Shepherds were a family of 'we keep reusing everything until it can't be used anymore', basically. Fitting, I think.)
These are Mom's sewing books. She'd sit on the couch for hours and plan her next sewing project. Making new clothes was something she loved to do.
(Parental Observation, Mother Unit, Pt. VIII)
[ Missing Persons ]
Why have so many people died?
So many nameless tombs.
What happened to all these people?
These tombs don't even have names on them.
Why didn't they put names on these tombs?
So many people dead.
(Bunched together, since they're about the same thing. Alex seems to has this thing about death and people not being properly recognized, respected or treated once they've passed on. I'm not sure if it's because he has a complex about not being recognized in life, or... what, but.)
I bet this fountain was beautiful at one time.
(He'll note something like this again later. he seems to really recognize the beauty in things, no matter how ruined or old. It's a nice surprise, considering most people would just think he's a rough guy with a one-track mind.)
More childrens' graves, so many have died young here.
So many men and women have died in Shepherd's Glen.
(Lumped together as it's talking about much the same thing. I wonder why this is. I mean, it can't be all explained by the rituals. Not nearly close, actually. Is it the seeping of Silent Hill's nature causing an abnormal amount of deaths? Because with all the graves you come across in Rose Heights, you can see it's just not natural to have that many deaths in a town of little crime.)
We didn't get to see Dad much, since he spent so much time here.
(Parental Observation, Father Unit, Pt. V. An observation he makes at the police station, since Adam was Sheriff.)
The winery is owned by the Bartlett Family. My parents would go to dinner there occasionally. My brother and I were never allowed to come along.
(Family Observation, Pt. V)
Oh man, I remember this! Kids at school would dare each other to climb to the top and jump off. I wonder how many legs have been broken here...
(After seeing the water tower in Curtis's junkyard. LMFAO, oh my god, the kids in this town, ide.)
[ Sheriff's Station ]
Looks like this is where they keep evidence locked up. Shepherd's Glen never had much crime, so I doubt that there are any weapons in there.
(And here is where I'm lost as to explanation on the whole large amount of deaths thing aside from 'SILENT HILL'S GOD DID IT'.)
[ The Attic ]
This is the same TV my parents had when I left. I always begged them to buy a new one, but my dad says that kids shouldn't sit in front of the TV all day. What does he know?
(Parental Observation, Father Unit, Pt. ... what part is this, uh. VI! And that's good advice, Alex sweetie, or you would've turn into me. I think the creepiest part is the fact that the flickering image on the TV looks like Josh crouched down somewhere in the attic...)
Mom said these dishes were a wedding present from Grandma. How come we never used them?
(Family Observation? Pt. VI. Not sure if this should be Family Observation or Parental Observation, Mother Unit. HRM.)
Looks like Mom made a big dinner. Why didn't anyone eat it? It's all spoiled now.
(The weird thing is, there's four plates there. I'm trying to figure out what went on there still.)
[ Dark Times ]
This is a statue of Janus. I remember learning about him in my mythology class in high school.
(IN CASE ANYONE EVER WONDERED WHY I MAKE ALEX SUCH A LIT GEEK. Seriously, I do see him with a huge attraction to mythology after that class, if he remembers something as small as THAT. Which is darkly ironic, all things given...)
I know this store. It's the Toluca Lake Bait Shop. Dad would never take us here, even though this shop had better prices. He always tried to spend as little time in this town as possible.
(Parental Observation Father Unit, Pt. VII. Oh Alex, why didn't you listen to Daddy.)
The entrance to the church is sealed shut... I guess there is really no sanctuary in this cursed town.
(Creepy and pessimistic Alex is creepy and pessimistic.)
[ Doctor's Memo ]
The patient in room 206 is scheduled to undergo a trans-orbital lobotomy tomorrow. I've mandated that the following medications be doubled on the day of the procedure...
(Jesus. Fucking. Christ. It's no secret that Alex was supposed to be the patient in room 206. Good God, it's a good thing he booked it the hell out of there when he did; I would've said it was just part of his nightmare, if it wasn't for the fact that the same memo shows up again when his house goes all Hell House on him. And in the room that's supposed to be his and Josh's, too.)
[ Newspaper Article ]
What should have been a normal school run home turned into tragedy last week when a freak thunderstorm washed a school bus into the raging torrent of the Toluca River. The normally placid river, swollen by nearly a week of record-breaking rainfall, was running almost 15ft higher than normal.
Mark Ward, the conscientious school bus driver for Toluca County, was unprepared for what he found when entering River View Road that runs parallel with the river. The fast moving water eroded the soil underneath the asphalt, leaving it unsupported.
The road suddenly collapsed as the bus pitched into the roaring river below. Carried along a white water ride for a 1/4 of a mile, amongst the screams of the petrified children, the bus became lodged under the aptly named Hope Bridge.
Doctor Martin Fitch MD had just finished a house call and was on his way back to the office, following directly behind the school bus when the road gave way.
Managing to stop in time Doctor Fitch got out of his car, braving the downpour, and ran alongside the river for 1/4 of a mile when the bus finally became jammed under the bridge.
Without a thought for his own personal safety, Doctor Fitch jumped into the river and swam towards the bus. After breaking the rear window, he climbed inside to assess the situation.
Inside he found a terrible scene. The driver, trapped by his safety-belt, had been killed when the front of the bus flooded.
All of the 2nd and 3rd Grade Students survived without major injury, but appeared severely frightened by the events.
The children were evacuated to the nearby Alchemilla Hospital in Silent Hill to recuperate after their ordeal.
During the evacuation, the situation took another terrifying turn. His leg trapped by the partially crumpled front of the vehicle, brave 8-year-old Alex Shepherd was unable to move.
Doctor Fitch knew that if Alex didn't drown, the cold waters of the Toluca River would put him into cold shock as his core temperature plummeted and he succumbed to hypothermia.
Time was critical. The Doctor quickly stripped off his shirt; taking a hold of the boy, he wrapped his arms as tightly as he could around him, and then waited for the rescue crews to reach them.
The heat and warmth of the doctor's body may well have been the only thing that saved Alex's life that day. It took the fire crews nearly 4 hours to finally free Alex from the wreckage of the school bus. During the entire time he was trapped in the bus, Doctor Fitch never left his side.
For his feat of bravery the City council gave their highest award to Doctor Fitch, along with the Key to the City.
Though tragedy struck for Martin Ward; the potential loss of all those children was averted by the selfless act of one man, Dr. Martin Fitch MD.
(AND THIS PLUS FINDING OUT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DROWNED IS WHY ALEX HAS ISSUES WITH WATER NOW.)
[ Old Newspaper ]
Paul Russell Douglas was executed for the murder of 8 children in and around Silent Hill and Shepherd's Glen areas, according to court records.
He offered no resistance as he was arrested and strapped into the electric chair as officials, witnesses and reporters watched.
"This execution is not going to stop anything." Douglas said. "I've worked and waited for this day. All that's left is to rejoin my lord."
After preparations were completed, Douglas received a sudden blast of electrical current, followed by a two minute stream that jolted him back in the chair. Medical officials pronounced him dead at 2:09pm.
(Again: Jesus. Fucking. Christ.)
This is no way to treat the dead!
(Clearly, Alex has a healthy respect for those who've passed on. I think this goes for all those dead - yes, including Curtis Ackers, Mayor Bartlett, Doc Fitch, and even The Bitch. 'When they're dead, they're dead and gone, and they're getting their just desserts.' Basically. Well, only for Ackers and Holloway. He doesn't view Mayor Bartlett and Doc Fitch too harshly; at least they showed remorse for killing their kids.)
[ Shepherd's Glen ]
One of Mayor Bartlett's ancestors was a town founder. Bartlett has been Mayor here since I was born and no one ever ran against him. I guess family heritage counts for a lot here.
(Just another statement to back up the fact that Shepherd's Glen is One Of Those Towns.)
This is Edwin Holloway, one of the town's founders. My father hated the Holloways, but Margaret always treated me well. She and Elle even sent me letters when I left for the war... more letters than anyone else sent. Sometimes I wonder how things would have turned out if I had been born into a different family...
(And the fucked up view of the Holloways that I mentioned before on Plurk, for those who follow. Obviously he doesn't think this now, but the fact that he did at one time, with how Judge Holloway actually turns out to be...
I wonder why Adam hated the Holloways so much, too. Was it the blind devotion to what they were doing, so much so that it could allow them to stare their children in the eye and feel no remorse as they killed them? If so, hell, I can't blame him.)
This is Cornelius Fitch, another one of Shepherd's Glen's town founders. I always forget that Doctor Ditch is his direct descendant. Doc never really liked to talk about town history.
(I find it interesting that Doc Fitch never cared to talk about town history. Maybe he was against what they had to do from the get go? Despite the news article about that incident where he saved the bus of kids and kept Alex from freezing to death in Toluca River, he's kinda... mousy lookin'. He seemed like he had a heart of gold - look how messed up killing Scarlet made him! - but it seems like he's easily pushed around.)
The gate is sealed shut - there's no way I could open it. This should lead down the the docks and boat launch. As a kid, I would spend entire summer days out on the lake.
(Just reference on Alex's childhood.)
Looks like someone got the suitcases down from the attic. Were Mom and Dad planning on going somewhere...?
(Looks like they were thinking of gettin' while the gettin' was good. Too bad they never made it.)
I think these were my grandfather's candleholders. Mom always insisted on lighting them when people came over for big dinners.
(Family Observation, Pt. I)
This couch is really worn out. Me and Josh used to hide out comic books in the cushions. Mom always said they were a waste of time. She didn't understand.
(Parental Observation, Mother Unit, Pt. II. Comic books? Really? What were Adam and Lillian expecting them to do for fun, sit around and stare at the wallpaper?)
This is mom's favorite french poetry book. She loves poetry.
(Parental Observation, Mother Unit, Pt. II)
These are Dad's books. He always got so worked up if I touched any of his stuff.
(Parental Observation, Father Unit, Pt. I)
The clock has stopped. Mom keeps everything in perfect order - why hasn't she fixed the clock?
(Parental Observation, Mother Unit, Pt. III)
There was a photo of me here... where is it?
(I know they didn't want to think about Alex, but I have to get this out there: this is so. Fucked. Up. There is a grand total of ONE picture in the house with Alex in it, and I get the feeling it was left there just because he was in the picture with his parents. What. The. Fuck.)
Mom's jewelry case. I remember she would get mad if we touched it.
(Parental Observation, Mother Unit, Pt. IV. 'We'? So she'd get mad at Josh too? |D)
Mom and Dad's bed. Joshua and I got caught jumping on it once. Of course, I got punished while Josh was totally let off the hook.
(The image of them jumping on their parent's bed together is fucking adorable. Anyway, Family Observation, Pt. II. Showing how they favored Josh.)
I used to hate taking baths when I was a kid. It was always a struggle to get me in the tub.
(jshgdj lmfao, Alex, ilu. I think this was always an issue with him instead of just happening because of the almost drowning incident? And now he has it again thanks to everything. B| But fff, all I can imagine is him flailspazzing as Adam tries to shove him in the tub...)
It's a photo of Dad and Josh fishing at the lake. Why am I never in any of these photos?
(;;)
This is Joshua's bug collection. One time I helped him catch spiders in the backyard. He loves spiders for some weird reason.
(Reference on Josh. Just in case, idk.)
It looks like my parents sold all my toys. I guess after I left for the service, they didn't see much point in keeping any of my stuff.
(Again, wanting to get rid of any and all reminders of Alex after he was shipped off to the crazy house. Jesus, guys.)
Ah, the trusty old washer and dryer. They were constantly breaking down. But Dad was too cheap to get new ones, of course. 'They work fine!' he'd yell.
(Parental Observation, Father Unit, Pt. II. This is another of those things that make me laugh like hell.)
Dad was always so protective of these tools, he wouldn't leave them open like this...
(Parental Observation, Father Unit, Pt. III. Basically an all-American father with his fixing things, fishing, hunting, etc.)
I love this canoe. We bought it the summer of that big brush fire. I used to take it out on the lake and float around for hours... My Dad told us never to go out on the lake by ourselves, but we did anyway. It was so much fun.
(WELL YOU SHOULD'VE LISTENED... maybe? This game is so fucked up that I can't figure out if he should've done anything differently.)
I remember when Dad spun me so hard on this, I threw up.
(Parental Observation, Father Unit, Pt. IV. Upon seeing the carousel in the park. THE MENTAL IMAGE, oh my god. And I suppose this shows he wasn't always acting indifferent or angry towards Alex.)
Josh was so excited when they bought this for him. They never bought anything like this for me...
(Family Observation, Pt. III. On the swingset in the backyard. Yet another example of how they favored Josh.)
This is my old bike. I bought this with money I made from my paper route. Looks like the tires are flat, though.
(Family Observation, Pt. IV. WOW, so Alex had to work for everything he wanted? Jesus. And these still had the training wheels on... How old was he when he got it?)
The sink is full of dishes. The smell is awful. Why hasn't Mom been cleaning?
(Parental Observation, Mother Unit, Pt. V. I'm starting to feel like Lillian has OCD or something instead of just being a typical housewife and mother.)
Mom loves to bake. She's pretty good at it too. When she bakes brownies, the whole house smells like chocolate. That smell haunted me while I was in the hospital. Maybe she'll whip up a batch now that I'm back...
(Parental Observation, Mother Unit, Pt. VI. SOMEONE IN VEGAS NEEDS TO MAKE ALEX BROWNIES STAT. ;;)
This is Mom's sewing machine. She used to mend our clothes. Sometimes she used to spend all day mending clothes or making things for the other ladies around town.
(Parental Observation, Mother Unit, Pt. VII. So the Shepherds were a family of 'we keep reusing everything until it can't be used anymore', basically. Fitting, I think.)
These are Mom's sewing books. She'd sit on the couch for hours and plan her next sewing project. Making new clothes was something she loved to do.
(Parental Observation, Mother Unit, Pt. VIII)
[ Missing Persons ]
Why have so many people died?
So many nameless tombs.
What happened to all these people?
These tombs don't even have names on them.
Why didn't they put names on these tombs?
So many people dead.
(Bunched together, since they're about the same thing. Alex seems to has this thing about death and people not being properly recognized, respected or treated once they've passed on. I'm not sure if it's because he has a complex about not being recognized in life, or... what, but.)
I bet this fountain was beautiful at one time.
(He'll note something like this again later. he seems to really recognize the beauty in things, no matter how ruined or old. It's a nice surprise, considering most people would just think he's a rough guy with a one-track mind.)
More childrens' graves, so many have died young here.
So many men and women have died in Shepherd's Glen.
(Lumped together as it's talking about much the same thing. I wonder why this is. I mean, it can't be all explained by the rituals. Not nearly close, actually. Is it the seeping of Silent Hill's nature causing an abnormal amount of deaths? Because with all the graves you come across in Rose Heights, you can see it's just not natural to have that many deaths in a town of little crime.)
We didn't get to see Dad much, since he spent so much time here.
(Parental Observation, Father Unit, Pt. V. An observation he makes at the police station, since Adam was Sheriff.)
The winery is owned by the Bartlett Family. My parents would go to dinner there occasionally. My brother and I were never allowed to come along.
(Family Observation, Pt. V)
Oh man, I remember this! Kids at school would dare each other to climb to the top and jump off. I wonder how many legs have been broken here...
(After seeing the water tower in Curtis's junkyard. LMFAO, oh my god, the kids in this town, ide.)
[ Sheriff's Station ]
Looks like this is where they keep evidence locked up. Shepherd's Glen never had much crime, so I doubt that there are any weapons in there.
(And here is where I'm lost as to explanation on the whole large amount of deaths thing aside from 'SILENT HILL'S GOD DID IT'.)
[ The Attic ]
This is the same TV my parents had when I left. I always begged them to buy a new one, but my dad says that kids shouldn't sit in front of the TV all day. What does he know?
(Parental Observation, Father Unit, Pt. ... what part is this, uh. VI! And that's good advice, Alex sweetie, or you would've turn into me. I think the creepiest part is the fact that the flickering image on the TV looks like Josh crouched down somewhere in the attic...)
Mom said these dishes were a wedding present from Grandma. How come we never used them?
(Family Observation? Pt. VI. Not sure if this should be Family Observation or Parental Observation, Mother Unit. HRM.)
Looks like Mom made a big dinner. Why didn't anyone eat it? It's all spoiled now.
(The weird thing is, there's four plates there. I'm trying to figure out what went on there still.)
[ Dark Times ]
This is a statue of Janus. I remember learning about him in my mythology class in high school.
(IN CASE ANYONE EVER WONDERED WHY I MAKE ALEX SUCH A LIT GEEK. Seriously, I do see him with a huge attraction to mythology after that class, if he remembers something as small as THAT. Which is darkly ironic, all things given...)
I know this store. It's the Toluca Lake Bait Shop. Dad would never take us here, even though this shop had better prices. He always tried to spend as little time in this town as possible.
(Parental Observation Father Unit, Pt. VII. Oh Alex, why didn't you listen to Daddy.)
The entrance to the church is sealed shut... I guess there is really no sanctuary in this cursed town.
(Creepy and pessimistic Alex is creepy and pessimistic.)
[ Doctor's Memo ]
The patient in room 206 is scheduled to undergo a trans-orbital lobotomy tomorrow. I've mandated that the following medications be doubled on the day of the procedure...
(Jesus. Fucking. Christ. It's no secret that Alex was supposed to be the patient in room 206. Good God, it's a good thing he booked it the hell out of there when he did; I would've said it was just part of his nightmare, if it wasn't for the fact that the same memo shows up again when his house goes all Hell House on him. And in the room that's supposed to be his and Josh's, too.)
[ Newspaper Article ]
What should have been a normal school run home turned into tragedy last week when a freak thunderstorm washed a school bus into the raging torrent of the Toluca River. The normally placid river, swollen by nearly a week of record-breaking rainfall, was running almost 15ft higher than normal.
Mark Ward, the conscientious school bus driver for Toluca County, was unprepared for what he found when entering River View Road that runs parallel with the river. The fast moving water eroded the soil underneath the asphalt, leaving it unsupported.
The road suddenly collapsed as the bus pitched into the roaring river below. Carried along a white water ride for a 1/4 of a mile, amongst the screams of the petrified children, the bus became lodged under the aptly named Hope Bridge.
Doctor Martin Fitch MD had just finished a house call and was on his way back to the office, following directly behind the school bus when the road gave way.
Managing to stop in time Doctor Fitch got out of his car, braving the downpour, and ran alongside the river for 1/4 of a mile when the bus finally became jammed under the bridge.
Without a thought for his own personal safety, Doctor Fitch jumped into the river and swam towards the bus. After breaking the rear window, he climbed inside to assess the situation.
Inside he found a terrible scene. The driver, trapped by his safety-belt, had been killed when the front of the bus flooded.
All of the 2nd and 3rd Grade Students survived without major injury, but appeared severely frightened by the events.
The children were evacuated to the nearby Alchemilla Hospital in Silent Hill to recuperate after their ordeal.
During the evacuation, the situation took another terrifying turn. His leg trapped by the partially crumpled front of the vehicle, brave 8-year-old Alex Shepherd was unable to move.
Doctor Fitch knew that if Alex didn't drown, the cold waters of the Toluca River would put him into cold shock as his core temperature plummeted and he succumbed to hypothermia.
Time was critical. The Doctor quickly stripped off his shirt; taking a hold of the boy, he wrapped his arms as tightly as he could around him, and then waited for the rescue crews to reach them.
The heat and warmth of the doctor's body may well have been the only thing that saved Alex's life that day. It took the fire crews nearly 4 hours to finally free Alex from the wreckage of the school bus. During the entire time he was trapped in the bus, Doctor Fitch never left his side.
For his feat of bravery the City council gave their highest award to Doctor Fitch, along with the Key to the City.
Though tragedy struck for Martin Ward; the potential loss of all those children was averted by the selfless act of one man, Dr. Martin Fitch MD.
(AND THIS PLUS FINDING OUT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DROWNED IS WHY ALEX HAS ISSUES WITH WATER NOW.)
[ Old Newspaper ]
Paul Russell Douglas was executed for the murder of 8 children in and around Silent Hill and Shepherd's Glen areas, according to court records.
He offered no resistance as he was arrested and strapped into the electric chair as officials, witnesses and reporters watched.
"This execution is not going to stop anything." Douglas said. "I've worked and waited for this day. All that's left is to rejoin my lord."
After preparations were completed, Douglas received a sudden blast of electrical current, followed by a two minute stream that jolted him back in the chair. Medical officials pronounced him dead at 2:09pm.
(Again: Jesus. Fucking. Christ.)