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My Miracle

ekulu by ekulu · Jun 7, 2002 · 169 views · Journal

Well it's not actually MY miracle, seeing that i didnt do it myself, and it may be a little presumptuous calling it a miracle...but here's what happened.

Four years ago my brother and i worked in a day care center at a park in Watts. If you don't know watts, it is notorious for it's gang activity. Anyway, nothing bad ever there until the day before my last day of work. I was outside playing with the kids and my brother had just gone inside to do some work for the supervisor. All of a sudden, everyone heard shots ring out. I, though, had never heard gunshots before, so i mistaked the sound for fire works. Also, i had no glasses, so i could brely see a thing. so i turned around to the source of the sound, and saw a man fire rounds around at four different people. Then, and at the time i didn't realize it, he fired at me! i, though, nearly blind, couldn't tell what was going on, and walked closer to the gunman. Then he continued shooting and rode off on his bike.

It was only afterwards that i realized that the guy had shot at me, at a reasonably close range, but no bullet ever came. After the first time he shot is when i walked even closer to the gunmen, trying to see what was going on. He was baffled that i had not fallen from the first shot, so he shot at me a second time. When nothing happened again, he looked baffled and then shot more times at someone else, then rode off. Going over this in my mind, i realized that jehovah had protected me somehow. i don't think i'll ever forget that incident

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18 Comments

thefunkyfresh #1 thefunkyfreshFounder

that's crazy, why weren't you wearing your glasses??

ekulu #1.1 ekuluOG 2002

i didn't have a pair yet. dealing with HMO's.

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#1.1.1 crazygirlOG 2001

Hairy Mangled Ostriches

ekulu #1.1.1.1 ekuluOG 2002

it means something like that. at least that how people turn out when they leave from an HMO doctor's visit.

malibu #2 malibuOG 2001

are you sure he wasn't shooting blanks? that's insanely crazy though. i am happy you are okay.

ekulu #2.1 ekuluOG 2002

no, he wasn't shooting blanks, because all three other people he shot at were hit and went down.

thefunkyfresh #2.1.1 thefunkyfreshFounder

maybe he had some blanks and some real bullets, just to switch it up

ilikebirds #2.1.1.1 ilikebirdsOG 2002

or there could have been a party going on and they were popping those party poppers that are just so loud.. or those snaps that you throw on the ground and they go BAM !.. .WHAP!

ekulu #3 ekuluOG 2002

why does everybody doubt this? He shot at me, TWICE! no blanks. a man tried to kill me, for goddness sake! how traumatizing!

jay79 #3.1 jay79OG 2001

Maybe its because things like that just don't happen around here.

ekulu #3.1.1 ekuluOG 2002

yeah, i guess. i live in a pretty terrible area.

deanh77 #3.1.2 deanh77Founder

yeah, its not like people get shot in Jersey!

ekulu #3.1.2.1 ekuluOG 2002

poeple get shot everywhere! especially in jersey!

jay79 jay79OG 2001

He was being sarcastic...That's why I didn't respond to him.

thefunkyfresh thefunkyfreshFounder

in newark i see gangs and people getting busted by the cops all the time. i haven't been shot at though thankfully. i did tell you guys the story about my car getting beat on though

ekulu ekuluOG 2002

i never heard that story

rocksupastar rocksupastarFounder

short version... matt went up against a gang of 12 yr old kids that were still in training pants... but... matts sooo white, i dont blame them

ekulu ekuluOG 2002

man, that's dangerous!

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