TAKE HEED, LEST YOU FALL
A few short years ago, a torrential rain caused a swollen creek to wash out the underpinnings of a bridge on the New York State Throughway. One truck and several cars careened into the chasm with the bridge, and several persons were killed. A driver, following at a safer distance, seeing the horrible sight of the disappearing bridge, skidded to a stop just a short distance from the catastrophe. Reacting quickly, the driver ran to the bridge to offer assistance, if possible, to any victim, while his wife raced back up the highway with the idea of flagging down approaching cars. A large and expensive sports car zoomed toward her as she frantically waved her arms in a desperate attempt to alert the occupants to the disaster ahead. The driver, with a beautiful woman at his side, laughingly ignored the warning. Deliberately thumbing his nose at his would-be rescuer, he accelerated and hurtled off the collapsed causeway. Automobile and…
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