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Someone posted a question the other day asking about how close you were to death.
Was going through some old pics and found my near death related photos.
Tried to photoshop anything that could dox me or my landlord.
Here’s the reply I gave to the “how close were you to death?” Post.
Turned my alarm off. Had an evening shift. Happy I was able to sleep in.
Got a text late at night from manager. “Hey can you take the morning shift?”
Always one to get on my managers good side, def said yes, but was annoyed that I had to wake up at 7am now.
Got to work around 8ish, staring my day, till I get a call from my roommate.
“Are you ok?!?, I thought you were dead!!!” Turns out, after I left, my roof ceiling caved in. This wasn’t some dust and dry wall. This was a heavy concrete looking ceiling with heavy wire mesh on the inside. From the front door to the windows, a giant thick metal mesh and concrete just slammed down. Looked like giant metal/concrete blanket was covering everything. My roommate was awaken by the noise. Thought a bomb went off.
Had my manager not changed my schedule late at night, last min, I would have been dead or heavily disabled today.
Manager whom I figured was religious conveyed the good fortune to me, said “god saves the good people”. I was never religious myself, but he has always struck me as a good person.
For years I really didn’t think about it much. Showed pictures to people when I told the story to entertain people.
But these last few years, I started thinking about it again while lying in bed. I get a little scared.
That was a close miss. I'd say it was more of a warning shot than a "god saves the good people".
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I guess he felt he had some hand in it.
His text saved my life.
I suppose it’s comforting to think that way. I also think it’s comforting to think of it as a warning shot too. Bc there’s someone in charge I could please to mitigate disaster.
My thought process is, people cut corners, and it costs lives. That thought is way scarier than a warning shot.
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Then the warning would be "don't cut corners".
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30 sats \ 0 replies \ @fm 15 Feb
But these last few years, I started thinking about it again while lying in bed. I get a little scared.
Damn.. who wouldn’t
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Certainly very scary and shocking to look at when you see debris from the ceiling everywhere. Unless you were highly unlucky, I doubt this would have killed you. Especially since you said you had a roommate who rushed to the room immediately. He would have been able to get you the medical attention you needed. If you were alone it would definitely be dangerous as you could have a serious head or neck injury and not be able to get yourself out from under the debris.
Did you ever find out why it occurred? Was the ceiling buckling before it happened?
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