As some of you may know, my other job is compiling traffic information for the radio/sat navs etc and on Friday there was an accident that closed the A1 in Hertfordshire. I found out today that somebody I used to play a lot of golf with a few years back, a motorcyclist, was killed in the accident. He was a team mate and a friend, but when I left the club, as is often the case, we lost contact. He was a very brave man and a fireman by trade and he would have seen his fare
share of incidents. He was part of the first fire crews on the scene to the Paddington rail crash and said to me once 'you never expect to see that many dead people at once'. After over sixteen years in the industry I have become very tired of reporting on news stories of this type and hate myself for at times being so blase about the death of others, but this was the first time that I had actively reported on an accident which claimed the life of somebody I knew. I am saddened that we lost contact, but I guess it takes two people to do so. All I can hope is that it was quick and he felt as little pain as possible. R, my thought are with your family and friends. Thats about all I have to say
about it really
share of incidents. He was part of the first fire crews on the scene to the Paddington rail crash and said to me once 'you never expect to see that many dead people at once'. After over sixteen years in the industry I have become very tired of reporting on news stories of this type and hate myself for at times being so blase about the death of others, but this was the first time that I had actively reported on an accident which claimed the life of somebody I knew. I am saddened that we lost contact, but I guess it takes two people to do so. All I can hope is that it was quick and he felt as little pain as possible. R, my thought are with your family and friends. Thats about all I have to say
about it really
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