Stop and Think for a Moment....

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<p>1 hour ago my 17 year old classmate died in a burning car accident. Another car had come up from behind and rammed the car into a pole where the car burst into flames. In Myanmar there is no legal age for driving, so being 17 and driving is normal. Me and my friends passed by the accident 15 minutes later as we were driving back home. We saw our friends standing on the road and they said that our friend was dead. After the firefighters had stopped hosing down the burning car, we all looked and saw his body, his burnt skeleton, lying on the car seat. </p>

<p>I've seen bodies before, but never in this state. There were hardly any flesh left, and the muscles were all bloody. It was just a burnt skeleton, but one could make out the features that it really was him.</p>

<p>Everyone was talking to him 15 minutes before he left our friends birthday party, and the next minute after calling his girlfriend up to say goodnight while going back home, he died. </p>

<p>The other driver didn't stop to help him. Everyone was there to mourn at the crash site, and we all prayed for him. No one was able to reach his parents because they were on holiday in another country.</p>

<p>One of my friends was devastated and in complete denial that he died. They were both admitted to San Francisco State University and both planned to attend together. His girlfriend arrived to the crash site and couldn't bear to look at the body. The school's fun fair was tomorrow and he was graduating highschool in May.</p>

<p>This might be a little off the topic of colleges, but it makes you realize that life is precious. At this age we might be so occupied with college stuff and make a big fuss over which college we got into and which colleges we wanted to go to, that we forget that life is short, and we shouldn't take each day for granted..because each day on this earth...is a gift from god. </p>

<p>Just something everyone should think about. I mean I've heard about people dying everyday on the news but to actually know one of them one day and he was only 17...that's when it really hits you.</p>

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<p>I'm sorry. :(
I've been blessed with not knowing anyone who's died yet, but I imagine it's hard.</p>

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<p>I can relate to you very much on this note. A classmate of mine died last week also because of a car accident. No one deserves death at such a young age.</p>

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<p>Something similar happened this year at my school as well. It really makes you appreciate life and realize how valuable every life is. Appreciate it.</p>

<p>The good die young...</p>

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<p>"God saw you were getting tired, and a cure was not meant to be
So he put his arms around you, and whispered come with me
Your golden heart stopped beating, hard working hands at rest
God broke our hearts to prove to us... He only takes the best"</p>

<p>it's true...yes. it makes you realize how valuable our lives are. With us creating technology everyday, we forget to think that we're still not immortal and that in one second, everything can change.</p>

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<p>I'm so sorry.</p>

<p>A girl in college who was well known in our school died last fall as a result of illness. It was extremely upsetting and hit the school hard-she was liked by everyone. </p>

<p>It's a mystery why good people die young. I wonder about it a lot. Hopefully, it's for the better for that person.</p>

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<p>Holy crap .</p>

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<p>exactly right</p>