As a mother it scares me that the three children that I spend so much time caring for could be gone or severely injured in a moment. We protect them by making sure that they eat good food, dress appropriately for the weather, wear their seatbelt in the car, look both ways when crossing the road. Yet, there are so many, split seconds, that can turn a world upside down.
My heart goes out to the family of the Vermont skier, Cody Marshall. Cody is presently in a coma in Utah because of one of those split second silly things. One of those silly things that I could see my old boys doing, just goofing around, just being silly. One of those scary, bone-chilling moments that can bring a mother or father to their knees. Cody, 26 years old, from Pittsfield, Vermont is in Utah for training for the United States Ski Team. He was training for the 2010 Winter Olympics. He was out at the mall with some friends and slid down the rail of the escalator – a simple act that any boy might consider. Except this slide cost him, big time. He fell backward off the rail and fell 20 feet. He is now in a coma. A split second. Devastating.
His family has put up a blog to monitor his progress and report it to friends and family worldwide www.codymarshallsblog.com. I am sure that his family never expected to be at his bedside in a hospital monitoring him and showering him with prayers to come out of the coma and return to his life. As a mother it is a nightmare come true. My heart and prayers go out to he and his family. Shivers go up my spine to think that split seconds can break a mother’s heart and there is nothing that you can do to protect them from it. Life, that is.
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July 22, 2009 at 8:31 pm
ptcakes
This also happened to a friend’s daughter in Providence. Except this escalator was 3 stories high over a mall atrium. She died, leaving a small boy to the care of my friend and her husband. Very sad. I hope Cody recovers. He will be in my prayers.
July 23, 2009 at 5:50 pm
mynameisrobertpaulson
A roll of the dice or a flip of God’s magic 8 ball and you could be a paraplegic drooling down the front of your shirt or better yet dead. Certain activities have inherent risks, but the current generation nullifies these risks because to them life is a video game, you get shot you get up, you get your head bashed in you get up…. Their heroes are X game fools and the ding-dongs who made the Jackass movies. I do pity the possible loss of life and youth but I feel my prayers would be better used by the men and women of the armed forces currently in harms way not by their own choice, taking far more chances with their mortality for our good not our amusement. I bet there are many families in VT that would also appreciate the prayers.