We were at DS#3's basketball game tonight and DH was the EMT at the game and I was selling 50/50 raffle tickets for the Sports Boosters. Shortly after the 2nd quarter of the varsity game began my mother came in crying. Our 17-year-old had called her since he couldn't get us and told her that he was walking down the street going from his job at Subway to his job at McDonald's when 2 guys came out from the shadows of a building and started hitting him. They had something in their hands (he's not sure what) that they hit him in the head with. They went to hit him again and he lifted his hand to protect himself so they got him in the wrist instead.
They took his money, all of $2, and ran off across the street. He said he was kind of dazed so he leaned against a pile of gravel for a bit and then continued on to McDonald's. He called the State Police from there and they sent the town cop over. He told him what had happened and the town cop said that based on where it happened he's pretty sure he knows who the 2 guys were (this is a small town) and they are awaiting sentencing on drug, weapon, and rape charges!!!! So he said DS#2 may have to come down and identify them when he rounds them up.
Yikes!!! It could have been SO much worse! We took him to the ER even though he looked and acted fine. He has a red spot above his right eye that is probably going to bruise and his wrist is just sore. DH is supposed to wake him up at 3 when he gets up for work to make sure he's okay and can answer questions. Then as long as he's up and acting okay at 7:30 he can go to school tomorrow.
I don't think it's all sunk into me yet. I noticed on the way over the hill to McDonald's that I was trembling pretty badly, but my emotions haven't caught up yet.
This is the very same child that has had multiple concussions, hemiplegic migraines, and seizures. He is also the one whose car was wrecked by the school bus backing over it. He is the one that anything and everything will happen to!!! I just don't understand it.
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I'm not sure how you're feeling, but I bet it's a mix of fear, rage and dispair... ((hugs))
I hope they catch those 2!
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In the meantime, please be careful out there. People like that don't have much more to lose, and will probably continue to commit crimes until they are caught.
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It could've happened to anybody.
I tell you, a friend of mine got jumped at a gas station once. He called me up, and the first thing we did was cruise around town looking for these guys. Yeah, I know. Not the smartest thing to do, but we were young then. And I think just riding around town and talking about it privately made him feel better.
January 29th, 2008 at 10:27 pm 1201645646
When he got home from school today it had turned bright blue. It looks like a gigantic blueberry on his forehead. I imagine tomorrow it will be darker.
January 29th, 2008 at 10:53 pm 1201647234
I say go for the classes ... I have a coworker who is thinking about starting a women's self defense class. I think everyone, men and women, should take self defense classes.
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