I kept thinking about this person I knew when I was 9. His name was Brian, and he was my neighbor's best friend, Brian and my neighbor were a year older than me and they act like brothers whenever they meet each other, I was friends with him and we were getting along for a month, but then, my mom called me to hear the news because it was in my elementary school......Brian died.
I'm not entirely accurate on how this happened since its been a long time, but they told me, Brian and his friend were playing Basketball at night in his neighborhood, the ball went out to the street, he went out to the street to get it and I'm sure his friends were there, but then there was this driver, he saw him, but didn't stop. He run him over and killed him, the driver was caught and sent to jail, he was sick in the head and regrets nothing. My neighbor wasn't the same after the news, I just couldn't believe it happened to someone I knew closely. In my elementary school they planted a memorial tree for him and its been there ever since. Back then when I went over to his house, I still remember the writing he had in his wall, saying: "Rest in Peace Brain. I miss you every day man, hope you're watching down from heaven, I hope to see you again someday." The next week my mom insisted I pay Brian's parents a visit to pay respect, when we got there, I knew how dangerous it was for Brian on that day, the street was so small you couldn't imagine how it was like at night, like a cornered blind rat. I just couldn't imagine someone I knew is gone from the face of the earth when he was just so young. He shouldn't have died because of that maniac.
Well, that's what I wanted to share and couldn't get out of my head last night, have you known someone you were close with who died because of someone or something.
