Marathon runner witnesses double disasters
brianlux
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http://news.yahoo.com/marathon-runner-w ... 23751.html
Great story in light of all the craziness:
People keep asking Joe Berti if he feels unlucky.
A bomb exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon moments after Berti finished the race. Two days later, he was in his home state of Texas when he saw a fertilizer plant explode near Waco.
"I was just like, 'I can't believe this!'" said Berti, who said he had never witnessed an explosion before. Then he thought: "I just want to get out of here and get away from all these explosions."
But Berti, as it turns out, is far from unlucky. Instead, he feels fortunate. He left both tragedies unscathed, while members of his running group and his wife — who was closer to the Boston explosion than he was — were also unhurt.
"It's a miracle," he said Thursday in an interview with The Associated Press. "People keep saying, 'Don't you feel unlucky?' and I was actually the opposite — saying not only do I not feel unlucky, but I feel blessed that my wife could be 10 yards from the explosion and not have a scratch."
Great story in light of all the craziness:
People keep asking Joe Berti if he feels unlucky.
A bomb exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon moments after Berti finished the race. Two days later, he was in his home state of Texas when he saw a fertilizer plant explode near Waco.
"I was just like, 'I can't believe this!'" said Berti, who said he had never witnessed an explosion before. Then he thought: "I just want to get out of here and get away from all these explosions."
But Berti, as it turns out, is far from unlucky. Instead, he feels fortunate. He left both tragedies unscathed, while members of his running group and his wife — who was closer to the Boston explosion than he was — were also unhurt.
"It's a miracle," he said Thursday in an interview with The Associated Press. "People keep saying, 'Don't you feel unlucky?' and I was actually the opposite — saying not only do I not feel unlucky, but I feel blessed that my wife could be 10 yards from the explosion and not have a scratch."
"It's a sad and beautiful world"
-Roberto Benigni
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Holy shit. Talk about a bad week.~Carter~
You can spend your time alone, redigesting past regrets, oh
or you can come to terms and realize
you're the only one who can't forgive yourself, oh
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Guitar92player wrote:Holy shit. Talk about a bad week.
Seriously!"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
comes in 3's0
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not that unlucky, he survived and lived thru both....but yeah very bad week2005 - London
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brianlux wrote:http://news.yahoo.com/marathon-runner-witnesses-double-disasters-230623751.html
Great story in light of all the craziness:
People keep asking Joe Berti if he feels unlucky.
A bomb exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon moments after Berti finished the race. Two days later, he was in his home state of Texas when he saw a fertilizer plant explode near Waco.
"I was just like, 'I can't believe this!'" said Berti, who said he had never witnessed an explosion before. Then he thought: "I just want to get out of here and get away from all these explosions."
But Berti, as it turns out, is far from unlucky. Instead, he feels fortunate. He left both tragedies unscathed, while members of his running group and his wife — who was closer to the Boston explosion than he was — were also unhurt.
"It's a miracle," he said Thursday in an interview with The Associated Press. "People keep saying, 'Don't you feel unlucky?' and I was actually the opposite — saying not only do I not feel unlucky, but I feel blessed that my wife could be 10 yards from the explosion and not have a scratch."
Great perspective. They weren't unlucky, they were lucky that they weren't injured.0 -
crazy stuff...
What was that stupid movie where those kids dodged death, and one by one they were killed off afterwards?My whole life
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
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This might sound totally wrong, but when I read that I pictured him sitting down on a couch in his living room and out the window you see a giant ass explosion.blackredyellow wrote:
What was that stupid movie where those kids dodged death, and one by one they were killed off afterwards?
Final Destination~Carter~
You can spend your time alone, redigesting past regrets, oh
or you can come to terms and realize
you're the only one who can't forgive yourself, oh
makes much more sense to live in the present tense - Present Tense0
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