Hamlet
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5. This one still bothers me. I was on my way to an inspection on a fairly busy 2-lane highway. Up ahead in the distance, I see some smoke. As I come around the corner, there are 2 cars on side of the road. One is a large SUV and the other is a small car--Honda Civic or something like that. The small car is on fire--engulfed in flames and I see a couple of people hopping around by the SUV pulling young kids out from the back. I pulled over, but I just froze--I didn't know what to do. Then the car behind me stops and the guy jumps out immediately and runs over to help. I still beat myself up that I didn't help. I look over and see this man on his knees sobbing hysterically. As I found out later that day, the two vehicles were heading the opposite way. For some reason, the small car veered into the path of the SUV. This is the really disturbing part--the driver was still in the car that was on fire. The man who was sobbing was the driver's father who was following him. The driver was an 18 year old kid who apparently dozed off at the wheel. He never had a chance.
That is a tough one. I think we all have those experiences that we wish we would have done someting differently.