Alyssa Jamison Photoblog

i saw a kid get hit by a car the 2nd day of school. he was skateboarding ahead of me and i was on the phone with my dad. the car didn't stop because of the yield sign and the skateboarder didn't stop because of the cross walk. he flew in the air and landed on his head and neck. i told my dad i had to go and ran towards him. he landed in an awkward position with his backpack still on and pinning him down. there was blood running down his face in different areas and he had this far away look in his eyes like he didn't know where he was and he was trying to get up, in a strange rocking motion and my first thought was, "this is someone's child." i ran up to him and told him to stop moving and trying to get up, just stay still. he didn't listen and got into a sitting position. there was one girl that got to him before i did and she bent down and started putting pressure on his head where he was bleeding. she used a shirt that a girl who was walking by donated to our cause. i was on the phone with 911 screaming at them where we were and what happened. i bent down in front of him and started wiping all the blood off of his face and someone else was asking him questions like what is his name and did he know what day it was. he looked me right in the eye as i was wiping his face and arms off and checking him for any other injuries. i think his name was tyler. he was only 20. majored in biology. the first people to show up were the cops and they made everyone leave who wasn't the driver or us witnesses. i gathered up tyler's broken glasses laying in the middle of the road and tucked them in his backpack. then i remembered his skateboard and inched under the car and laid it next to him. the cops took my witness report as i watched the cop take care of him and as paramedics showed up. then i left and called by dad back. i read our school paper the next day and it said the kid sustained minor injuries so that is good. i prayed that something really awesome would happen to him in the next coming week.