SWC75
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I'm sure everyone is recalling bad situations they found themselves in while driving a car. I once 360'd down an exit ramp at Norther Lights after being tailgated by a tractor-trailer all the way from the city. I had to exit at full speed and hit a slick spot. I recall wondering what I was going to hit as I had no control over the car at all. I hit nothing but wound up along side the road with the car stalled and pointing in the wrong direction. I managed to get the engine to turnover and prayed nobody would be coming down the exit as i turned around and went home, shaken and grateful that I had survived.
The night Pearl hit the shot that beat Georgetown, (1/28/85), I'd just pulled onto 81 when the electrical system in my car shut down. I coasted to the side of the road and took the only flashlight I had in the car and put it on in the rear window. I walked back down the exit and took what looked like a short-cut to the nearest service station and wound up waste deep in frigid swamp water. I got out of that and finally made it to the service station, which was closing. I explained the situation and that I was concerned that someone might crash into my car and finally convinced them to go out in the tow truck and retrieve the car. the electrical system of the tow truck then failed after they got there and hooked my car up and the guy had to drive the truck holding together the wires under the dashboard and saying "come on baby!" over and over again. We made it to the next exit and managed to drive back to the service station. I walked back home and got there in time to see Pearl hit his shot.
Another time I came out form a movie at Great Northern. A pick-up truck with an elevated chassis and a large spare tire mounted on the side was parked next to me. I pulled out but could not see to my left. Suddenly a car appeared and I jammed on the break - except I whiffed and hit the accelerator and T-boned the car. I felt sick when I saw a bunch of little kids get out of the car with their mother. it turned out everybody was OK, another chance to feel grateful.
I've always thought that if anybody got seriously hurt in an accident I was involved in, I would prefer to be the one hurt than to try living my life knowing that I had hurt or killed someone, even if the accident was not technically my fault. I know Jim Boeheim has the moral strength and family support that he will need to get over this. And I know he will try to do anything he can for the Jiminez family, although that might get difficult if it becomes a court case and any gesture might be misinterpreted as an attempt to influence the case. But he'll never forget this. Nobody could.
Things like this are why I drive gray roads and avoid white or black roads. I also avoid freeways if i can.
I think he should do Gameday and coach the game Saturday. there will be no joking atmosphere when he's there but it would seem timid to hide from what happened. his team certainly needs him. I was going to send in my questions for tonight's Jim Boeheim Show but I'm going to wait until Matt Park does his "in the Booth" show to see if there will be a show tonight. i would certainly understand if it was cancelled.
The night Pearl hit the shot that beat Georgetown, (1/28/85), I'd just pulled onto 81 when the electrical system in my car shut down. I coasted to the side of the road and took the only flashlight I had in the car and put it on in the rear window. I walked back down the exit and took what looked like a short-cut to the nearest service station and wound up waste deep in frigid swamp water. I got out of that and finally made it to the service station, which was closing. I explained the situation and that I was concerned that someone might crash into my car and finally convinced them to go out in the tow truck and retrieve the car. the electrical system of the tow truck then failed after they got there and hooked my car up and the guy had to drive the truck holding together the wires under the dashboard and saying "come on baby!" over and over again. We made it to the next exit and managed to drive back to the service station. I walked back home and got there in time to see Pearl hit his shot.
Another time I came out form a movie at Great Northern. A pick-up truck with an elevated chassis and a large spare tire mounted on the side was parked next to me. I pulled out but could not see to my left. Suddenly a car appeared and I jammed on the break - except I whiffed and hit the accelerator and T-boned the car. I felt sick when I saw a bunch of little kids get out of the car with their mother. it turned out everybody was OK, another chance to feel grateful.
I've always thought that if anybody got seriously hurt in an accident I was involved in, I would prefer to be the one hurt than to try living my life knowing that I had hurt or killed someone, even if the accident was not technically my fault. I know Jim Boeheim has the moral strength and family support that he will need to get over this. And I know he will try to do anything he can for the Jiminez family, although that might get difficult if it becomes a court case and any gesture might be misinterpreted as an attempt to influence the case. But he'll never forget this. Nobody could.
Things like this are why I drive gray roads and avoid white or black roads. I also avoid freeways if i can.
I think he should do Gameday and coach the game Saturday. there will be no joking atmosphere when he's there but it would seem timid to hide from what happened. his team certainly needs him. I was going to send in my questions for tonight's Jim Boeheim Show but I'm going to wait until Matt Park does his "in the Booth" show to see if there will be a show tonight. i would certainly understand if it was cancelled.
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