Death

Mark’s second, and third brush with death.

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I was in Fresno for the fire season. I was scheduled to have duty for six days a week for five months. I was between my two marriages. This was just a day before the 9/11 attack on our country. I remember it as if it was just yesterday. I was driving to the firebase the morning after my last two brushes with death when I stopped for fuel for my truck. As I entered the station market, I glanced at the elevated television. I saw the twin towers in NYC burning. I thought; "That's a movie…

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My first brush with death.

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I have ever since my childhood awoke at 5 .am. I have a built-in alarm clock. I am 100% when my eyes open in the morning. To the woe of my wife, Mary, I still arise at 5 .am even though I am retired. While I worked, I didn't use an alarm clock. I have never been late to work.  I was 16 years of age when I went to Lake Tahoe to attend a summer runner's camp. The last track season, I had beaten the world's greatest athlete's time in the 1,500-meter run. I had beat…

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