07/22/2016
I woke up at 4am this morning, cold and it took a little while for me to calm down, I took longer to go back to sleep. TODAY I CELEBRATE "LIFE". 22 years ago today at 04:00 am I was the Victim of a Felony "Hit & Run", July 22,1994 a Mexican man named Jose Madrid Cardenas hit me while I was on my way to work at 70 MPH Head on, on my new 900cc Yamaha, then left me lay on the highway to Die, pleading with him to get me help , He drove off, said nothing and I lay on that road for what felt like an eternity. A man dressed in the Whitest clothes I have ever seen, came to my rescue, helped me get my clothes off, turned me over and let me use his Brick Phone to call my Wife-Marleen Merchant, which I told her I got hit by a truck on El Sobrantee Road please come take me to the hospital, little did I know JESUS was that man who helped me. There was "NO RECORD" of the cell call, he was not there when emergency crews arrived, but I know it was him because I had "NO PAIN". California Highway Patrol found this man, who told no one that he had hit me then drove to work like it was just another day! When the incident went to court he got 210 days in jail for Felony Hit & Run and I got Disabled for the rest of my life, is that a Fair Sentence?
So now I Celebrate "LIFE" Today, who will Celebrate "LIFE" with me?