Pink Scooter

Pink Scooter

2 days before High School graduation I shattered my leg riding a pink Razor scooter. It’s funny how one sentence can grab all of your attention. Some friends and I were going to celebrate the conclusion of the school year and got to get Sobe's (a fruit drink). We had all finished all our assignments and passed our classes. a couple of us had finished and were on to graduation.

We were deciding which store to go to. Albertsons or Wal-Mart. I was pushing for Albertson's cause my girlfriend; at the time, was on the way. They all wanted to go to Wal-Mart. My gut feeling was telling me to go the other way. My friends finally decided we will go to Albertsons.

In the first mile we were going 25mph. the pavement was new so it was like a sheet of ice. But the stupid scooter can only go so fast. I got speed wobble, then boy meats ground and my leg shatters.

I had a pretty good attitude about life. The first thing I did was laugh, then pulled out my phone and sent out text messages to my brother and girl friend. Then I screamed in pain. My friend stopped after a crashed. "Dude, are you alright!?" "Ya, I think I broke my leg" as I am texting. "You are alright" "AAAHHHH! It hurts now!" then my phone rang "Hey Barry, what’s up" my brother just called when he read the text.

It took 36 minutes for the ambulance to drive 1.2 mile to get me. By that time the initial shock wore off then I felt it all.

As you can tell I have recovered now. But it took a long, long time. So my word of advice to everyone. Don’t go 25 on a Scooter! You will always lose!