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Trust

June 21, 2022 10 Comments

By Cynthia Parker

A sense of calm surrounds me. I’m dying. The EMTs are shouting at each other over the siren. I hear their assessments—blood loss, pressure dropping, breathing shallow.

“Look at me,” the younger man orders. I do as he says, if only to keep him calm.

Suddenly you are right beside me. You squeeze in beside the older EMT and take my hand. “You’re going to be fine,” you say. “Trust me. We’ll be together forever.”

Trust you? I think about our last moments together. You reaching over to unbuckle my seatbelt as you drive us into the concrete bridge embankment.

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Comments

  1. Yolanda Joosten says

    June 21, 2022 at 9:24 am

    Wow! What a great twist!

    Reply
  2. Juli says

    June 21, 2022 at 10:45 am

    WOW! Powerful!

    Reply
  3. JK Hayward Trout says

    June 21, 2022 at 11:10 am

    Powerful!

    Reply
  4. Liz says

    June 22, 2022 at 4:42 am

    Superb.

    Reply
  5. Moh says

    June 22, 2022 at 10:33 am

    Wow, didn’t see that twist coming. Great story.

    Reply
  6. Deanna Salser says

    June 22, 2022 at 11:46 am

    Very nice.

    Reply
  7. Tony Sakalauskas says

    June 23, 2022 at 3:33 pm

    Groan….not another abbreviation. What in the world does EMT Stand for?

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    • Parker says

      June 28, 2022 at 1:11 pm

      Emergency Medical Technician

      Reply
  8. Yvonne clarke says

    June 25, 2022 at 7:21 am

    Good twist!

    Reply
  9. Dan Graves says

    March 27, 2024 at 6:32 pm

    Too late to rebuild trust!

    Reply

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