I saw a man dead the other day ...
By momokoseiya
@momokoseiya (453)
United States
February 20, 2007 12:45pm CST
My boyfriend, son and I were taking a quick trip to CVS to pick up some stuff the other day, and we were met with a shock. The boys stayed in the car and I ran into the store to pick up a few odds and ends. I come out and I see my boyfriend out of the car on his cellphone.
After he hangs up I ask him what is going on. He points to a car parked out front and says "I think this guy is dead. We tried to wake him up for the past 20 minutes but he hasn't woken up." This man was old, had to be about 70, and was sitting behind the wheel of his car. I walked over and looked at him, and he wasn't breathing.
We waited for the police to come, and then we went home.
It is so sad ... This story got no news coverage at all. Someone just died out in a public place and no one even thought to mention it.
I wanted to post this just so he can be remembered in some small way.
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29 responses
@rogue13xmen13 (14403)
• United States
21 Feb 07
Sorry that you had to see that, but now you know I felt when the police found my brother's comatosed body in a heated 108 degree car. I had to watch my 20 years of age brother die in a hospital room. My own flesh and blood.
@vityota (878)
• India
20 Feb 07
that was a very sad news and i hope he was handed over to his family but when you said that he is sitting at the behind wheel of the car that means he was driven there by some one right.. than how come the perosn who drove him there disappeared
@Justareceptionist (870)
• United States
16 Apr 07
Growing up in the Bronx (Throggs Neck & Wakefield), I've seen that stuff all the time.
@nomascorporate (52)
• United States
21 Feb 07
How nice of you to memorialize him in this small way. Perhaps many others just thought he was asleep.
@nadine1373 (244)
• Jamaica
21 Feb 07
I think you are so right. Most times the little man goes unremember and I bet you he was kind to everyone and a loving person. You know who we as a world of people celebrate? The people who are most disruptive to society.
You go girl. I respect what you have done. I have noticed, so will others.
@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
21 Feb 07
it is very kind of you and your husband to care for this old man even though he is a stranger to you... not so many people care for each other anymore in this modern society... so i find it really rare to find a person like you and i am glad that at least there are still a handful of kind and caring person exist in this crazy world... hope your kindness will be rewarded one day which i am sure it will... have a nice day...
@texasclassygal (5305)
• United States
21 Feb 07
What a horrible way to die with no family members around, how very nice of you to try and remember him, and not uncommon that it would be in the paper, unless they are shot, beaten or abused by the police here it does not make the local news. Thanks for sharing
@lynninky (491)
• United States
21 Feb 07
Thank goodness he was noticed or you could have been there until closing. Unless News media is called there is no news coverage for tv.If they was called , the mans wife may do have wanted it on the new. Maybe they had kids or family members they was waiting to contact with the news.It was good your bf noticed. How did he find this guy was out of it ?It was nice of him to make that call a lot of people just will not do it these days because they do not want to get involed. You two are nice people to stay there until the police got there.
@navjitpahwa (112)
• Canada
21 Feb 07
It seems shameless on the part of the other people before you who couldnt figure it out..well u n ur bf r great people...Thanks for sharing this with us...
@jackgreen (82)
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21 Feb 07
thats quite a shame but i suppose police deal with that sort of ting on a day to day basis they are probably trained to deal with it.
i think that its sweet that you would try and give some sort of recognition to the man and he would probably be very grateful.
I do not know how I would handle such an unusual situation but i think your boyfreind handled it very well calling th e police.
@margieanneart (26423)
• United States
21 Feb 07
How tender your heart is. It is indeed very sad. I hope someone knows him, and can claim him, so he can get a proper burial. So many of us older people have no one. It is scary.
@princeworthy (1909)
• United States
21 Feb 07
That poor man! I hope he wasn't there too long. What a horrible way to die, alone in a car. You are very sweet for caring enough to pay a small tribute to him.
@christieswebb (238)
• United States
21 Feb 07
You did your best to try and help him and that's what matters.
It was very thoughtful of you to post this in his rememorance.
