Normally this type of thing doesn't bother me, but yesterday morning the Philly area got some rain which froze when it hit the ground, resulting in several bad accidents. I got a bit of a shock after driving by one of the accident scenes. I saw a jack knifed tractor trailer, and the front of 3 cars flush with the other side of the trailer. In other words, I knew people were dead in those cars. It took a bit to actually sink in - I just saw where and how people met their terrible and probably horrifying death. I might as well have seen a murder scene. Needless to say, we turned around and went home, driving under 20mph most of the way.
Now after seeing how the media reported all of this I'm actually mad. One station ran this clip: warning, don't click on the following links if you don't want to see what I saw described above
Video | NBC 10 Philadelphia
My jaw literally dropped when I watched this. W. T. F. is wrong with them?? Who gives a s!@# that this guy was late to his vacation in Florida! Seriously?!? Are you really reporting that people were inconvenienced when people died? WOW! Why even run that at all?
I'm glad to find that they did a story about the deceased today: Friends, Family Mourn Men Killed in I-476 Crash | NBC 10 Philadelphia so I haven't lost all respect for them as a news outlet.
Another thing that doesn't normally bother me - seeing the wreckage that people died in on TV. Maybe they think people won't realize what they're looking at? Or maybe we've been so desensitized that this is now the norm? I don't know
Lastly, I don't think I've ever seen anything like this in person. It's sobering to say the least. It makes you reflect on a lot of things about your own life.
Now after seeing how the media reported all of this I'm actually mad. One station ran this clip: warning, don't click on the following links if you don't want to see what I saw described above
Video | NBC 10 Philadelphia
My jaw literally dropped when I watched this. W. T. F. is wrong with them?? Who gives a s!@# that this guy was late to his vacation in Florida! Seriously?!? Are you really reporting that people were inconvenienced when people died? WOW! Why even run that at all?
I'm glad to find that they did a story about the deceased today: Friends, Family Mourn Men Killed in I-476 Crash | NBC 10 Philadelphia so I haven't lost all respect for them as a news outlet.
Another thing that doesn't normally bother me - seeing the wreckage that people died in on TV. Maybe they think people won't realize what they're looking at? Or maybe we've been so desensitized that this is now the norm? I don't know
Lastly, I don't think I've ever seen anything like this in person. It's sobering to say the least. It makes you reflect on a lot of things about your own life.