Accidents Happen :-(

Wednesday started out like any other summer day. We went swimming at my parents house with family and then I went to dinner with my cousin. We had a nice time talking and catching up. I came home to an empty house because G-Man was spending the night at my parents house. I decided to look up some information on recycling in my area (our area is WAY behind the recycling trend.) About 30 minutes after I arrived home my TV was on, the doors and windows were shut because the AC is on, I had a fan on, and I was searching the Internet. I heard some noise on my porch, as I realized it was my neighbor, she walked in, what she said next will never be forgotten. "Don't you hear that?" She then went on to explain a friend who is on the fire department had called her and said there was a possible drowning on our road. When I looked outside there were a half dozen emergency vehicles at my neighbors house. I was frantic. I found my phone (in case my parents called because they heard of the drowning.)

We walked across the street to find several fireman carefully searching the pond while friends were hysterical on the shore. It was heart wrenching, then the brother and parents of the missing boy arrived. That was the hardest thing I have ever witnessed. Every couple of minutes more people from the EMT's or fire department came. Eventually, what felt like an eternity water rescue arrived. However, I knew by the amount of time that had passed and how the water rescue, EMT's, and fireman were reacting this was no longer a rescue but the recovery of a body. After a short period of time we came back to my yard and gathered with our other neighbors and waited. It was horrible. Finally, an hour or so later they found the young man who had went in the water but never came up was recovered.

I did not know the young man, I know people who did and they all said he was a great guy. I have had a hard time with these events. I have a hard time being in my house at night now. I don't like taking the dogs out of the house at night to let them go to the bathroom.
I know it is from the events that occurred but it has me shaken. I don't know why I am so spooked. The drowning was an unfortunate accident but not a violent crime. Why, am I feeling this way? I would expect to feel more threatened if it had been a crime but accidents happen.

I can't even imagine how the friends are feeling who were swimming with the young man are handling this. I can't imagine the heartache the parents are feeling. I don't know how the family who owns the property and pond where the accident occurred are feeling.