Life is so short
15 years ago
Today was a day I will never forget at work. I am a manager trainee at a grocery store and it was a normal day. When all of a sudden they paged all managers to the front end.
I got over there and there was a woman on the ground. she was maybe 30 or 40 and her kids were in the carriage and they were maybe 2 and 5. There was a nurses aid that was fortunately shopping and she tended to the woman immediately as the store manager called an ambulance and the assistant store manager waited outside to direct the EMTs to the woman. I was clearing the area to make sure the woman had room.
It was so sad seeing her kids crying as their mom was laying on the ground lifeless and her face with no color. I tried talking to the kids and telling them everything was gonna be ok. The EMT's came and got her on oxygen right away and she did not have a pulse. They were not getting any response whatsoever from the woman. The Police came and took the kids as the ambulance took the woman to the hospital.
I couldn't stop thinking about it all day and seeing the look on her kids faces. It was so sad. I could barely hold myself together at work for the rest of the day. I've never witnessed something so horrific. I have no idea if the woman made it and I probably won't find out, but the way things were looking, I don't think she did
I got over there and there was a woman on the ground. she was maybe 30 or 40 and her kids were in the carriage and they were maybe 2 and 5. There was a nurses aid that was fortunately shopping and she tended to the woman immediately as the store manager called an ambulance and the assistant store manager waited outside to direct the EMTs to the woman. I was clearing the area to make sure the woman had room.
It was so sad seeing her kids crying as their mom was laying on the ground lifeless and her face with no color. I tried talking to the kids and telling them everything was gonna be ok. The EMT's came and got her on oxygen right away and she did not have a pulse. They were not getting any response whatsoever from the woman. The Police came and took the kids as the ambulance took the woman to the hospital.
I couldn't stop thinking about it all day and seeing the look on her kids faces. It was so sad. I could barely hold myself together at work for the rest of the day. I've never witnessed something so horrific. I have no idea if the woman made it and I probably won't find out, but the way things were looking, I don't think she did
hopefully they were able to do something for her