re: #276 William Barnett-Lewis

Went to run some errands earlier and saw a boy, about that age on a similar trike, trying to cross the street. He’d seen the earth digger across the way and like all boys was fascinated by it. I stopped the van crosswise the road with my flashers on and walked over to him and started shooing him back homeward. Dad came running shortly and took care of bringing him back on their lawn.

Last I saw as I pulled away was him sitting with the boy on their lawn watching the machine digging in the dirt together.

My boy may be 10+ years older but I remember those moments. For him it was a fire truck that he reached out towards from his stroller yelling at the top of his lungs “FIRE FUCK FIRE FUCK” as the TR sound just wasn’t going to happen that day … ;)

Well at least your encounter went better than this.

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Chances are the driver didn’t even see the kid. While my heart goes out to the Family, I do have to ask, who was watching the kid?