you never know

i'm sitting at the balcony alone with the chilly wind blowing in my face, the same wind that sent the entire brick wall across the street crashing down. 5 car lengths worth of bricks now strewn across the pavement. the police and firemen have blocked off all pedestrian, car and tram access up this stretch. there are almost 20 police cars. 7 fire trucks and 3 paramedic vehicles. i wonder if there were ambulances around before i stepped out onto the balcony. i wonder if they carried away any survivors. because at least one young man did not survive that fall. i saw his face when they pulled the white cloth away just for that split second. it scares me to think that that could have been me. but it saddens me even more that this happened. this should not have happened. he didn't deserve to die. i dont think anyone deserves to die like that. how can the wall just collapse like that? sure the winds have been insanely strong, but.. oh.. the other blue cloth was covering another body. i was hoping there wasn't another death... but the firemen just laid canvas on the already covered body, and another sheet on the other covered figure.

may your families be comforted this Easter.