On a cold December night I took my best pal, Pfizer (an Old English Sheepdog), to go to a holiday party. Little did I know how eventful the trip would be, both physically and spiritually.
Red and blue lights were all about. What was happening? Firemen were helping the young foolish man and his girlfriend, they were both fine and refused treatment. A police officer found out he not only had no license, but the vehicle was uninsured. The offender was handcuffed and taken away. As I sat on the seat I saw Pfizer stir. He had saved my life just the year before and he meant the world to me. A passerby walked up to me before the police had a chance. Burned into my memory is the way he held his lit cigarette. Frame by frame I can recall the officer shouting for the man to stop. When he did stop I saw him prepare to flick his lit cigarette to the ground. “Freeze or I’ll shoot,” yelled the officer. The man did as he was told, then his arm raised just a hair and his hand moved slightly. “Freeze”, the officer yelled forcefully. This time the passerby took heed to the firm warning. “Slowly remove yourself and your cigarette away from the vehicle”. At that time I noticed I could smell the noxious fumes of gasoline that covered the area around me. No wonder no one had come to me yet, they were preparing to foam the area as both vehicles had ruptured gas tanks.
All my previous thoughts of death evaporated and a strong sense of life filled me. My thought then was how ironic, a crash sets me free, but I’ll die in the fiery aftermath. The passerby was horrified when he realized the predicament he had put us into, and mumbled humble apologies as he backed away: his face whiter than the surrounding snow.
Memory is foggy on the remaining details but an interesting fact is that the careless young man was released from jail even before I arrived at the hospital. Young man wasn’t to be found again.
As I was being strapped tightly onto the backboard the handsome EMT mentioned he couldn’t believe that two 4Runners were involved: for this was 1987 and they had yet gained popularity. Never one to lose a golden opportunity I said,” You know what’s funny about that?” “No, what?” “ You rarely see one, but every now and then you run into one.”
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I am totally glad you and Pfizer made it, and thank you for supplying yet another good read 
I love your humor in the light of tragedy! How is the dog?? Garfied window sticky! ouch 
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