Story archives - tag: "crash"

J

As my mom drove away, after backing into the corner of our fenced in yard with our 15-passenger van, she yelled at us, "FIX THE FENCE!"

tags: humor crash mom mothers mother driving fence fences fix van yelling yelled driving drove corner [add]

2010-06-08 11:42:09 / Rating: 294.75 /

Bob Loblaw

Flying towards the finish line, I hit a bump and my front wheel folded like a potato chip.

tags: bike crash race [add]

2010-03-13 22:22:52 / Rating: 145.75 /

Anonymous

I'd secretly made the ramp higher than agreed, and as I watched my brother's bicycle land on top of him, I realized with growing panic that he was definitely going to tell on me.

tags: childhood bicycle crash [add]

2008-10-24 14:28:01 / Rating: 464.5 /

Lost Theories

When I arrived at the memorial site, I couldn't think of anything witty or poignent to write, so I just carved 'I miss you' into the telephone pole that killed you and went home.

tags: death car accident crash [add]

2007-11-12 22:51:31 / Rating: 2625.25 /

Mimz

One week after her accident, I saw her again; she didn't recognize me, but I knew she remembered what I'd done for her.

tags: accident recognition help stranger memory crash aid [add]

2006-12-21 14:44:37 / Rating: 645.75 /

Jess D'Zerts

The summer I turned sixteen, he flew me over our neighborhood during the Fourth of July pool party, but that wasn't the time his plane went down.

tags: neighbor Fourth of July party plane crash [add]

2006-12-04 11:03:55 / Rating: 355.25 /