Taken Away
Walking into that room, hurt everyone. Tears running down their face, on that cold New Years Eve day. His heart beating still, as we waited and prayed for him to open his eyes. Seeing everything connected to him on the bed, was something we never believed would happen on this special day for all of us. We never expected this. December 31st, 2013 was when it all happened.
That day started like any normal New Years Eve day. I woke up happy to start the new year that was coming soon. I was going to get my haircut to get ready for the New Years Eve party we always have at my aunts house. Since my cousin cuts my hair, I knew everyone in the barbershop, especially his closest friend, Jose. I shook his hand the moment I saw him and told him "Happy New Years Jose". Once my cousin had cut all my hair, I went home and did everything to get ready for the party at my aunts house.
When I was done putting on my fresh clothes, my mom, my dad and I went in our truck and left. While we were on our way to my aunts house, we passed by the barbershop and saw Jose laying on the couch on his phone. He looked up for a moment and saw us and waved at us. He was literally like family to us. Once we arrived to my aunts house, we said "hi" and gave hugs to everyone and said "Happy New Years!" We stayed there for a while. I went upstairs and started playing video games with my little cousins. I had just won and beat my little cousins on NBA 2K, when my mom told me "Your dad just left." I seen a tear run down her face. As soon as I saw that, I knew something had happened. They had told my dad that there was an ambulance taking out someone from the barbershop in a stretcher. My dad wanted to know who it was, but the ambulance didn't want to reveal who it was. Seeing all that blood on the floor and couch, just made you shake in fear. Once we heard all that news we immediately left the party and followed my dad to the hospital.
We barely had got there to the hospital and they started giving all the information to us. They had announced that Jose had been stabbed and shot. It was Jose. Nobody could accept what had happened to him. He had been robbed. Out of all the people and out of all the situations possible, it was this. We all waited patiently for him to just wake up and open his eyes. We waited and waited and waited. The clock struck at 3 am and they pronounced Jose dead. Everyone there by his side, broke out into tears. Seeing him there, just hurt everyone, we never imagined someone that young and close to us had left us.
After, they pronounced Jose dead, they took my cousin for questioning because the police thought he had been involved in the death of Jose. They had sent my cousin to jail for three days. Seeing my cousin going to jail, was just hurtful to everyone. The police accusing him of killing his closest friend was uncalled for. Everyone knew he was innocent, we all knew he didn't do anything. That's why after those three days, he was let go and set free. I will never forget this day. Someone was taken away from us, December 31st, 2013 will always be the day he got taken from us.
That day started like any normal New Years Eve day. I woke up happy to start the new year that was coming soon. I was going to get my haircut to get ready for the New Years Eve party we always have at my aunts house. Since my cousin cuts my hair, I knew everyone in the barbershop, especially his closest friend, Jose. I shook his hand the moment I saw him and told him "Happy New Years Jose". Once my cousin had cut all my hair, I went home and did everything to get ready for the party at my aunts house.
When I was done putting on my fresh clothes, my mom, my dad and I went in our truck and left. While we were on our way to my aunts house, we passed by the barbershop and saw Jose laying on the couch on his phone. He looked up for a moment and saw us and waved at us. He was literally like family to us. Once we arrived to my aunts house, we said "hi" and gave hugs to everyone and said "Happy New Years!" We stayed there for a while. I went upstairs and started playing video games with my little cousins. I had just won and beat my little cousins on NBA 2K, when my mom told me "Your dad just left." I seen a tear run down her face. As soon as I saw that, I knew something had happened. They had told my dad that there was an ambulance taking out someone from the barbershop in a stretcher. My dad wanted to know who it was, but the ambulance didn't want to reveal who it was. Seeing all that blood on the floor and couch, just made you shake in fear. Once we heard all that news we immediately left the party and followed my dad to the hospital.
We barely had got there to the hospital and they started giving all the information to us. They had announced that Jose had been stabbed and shot. It was Jose. Nobody could accept what had happened to him. He had been robbed. Out of all the people and out of all the situations possible, it was this. We all waited patiently for him to just wake up and open his eyes. We waited and waited and waited. The clock struck at 3 am and they pronounced Jose dead. Everyone there by his side, broke out into tears. Seeing him there, just hurt everyone, we never imagined someone that young and close to us had left us.
After, they pronounced Jose dead, they took my cousin for questioning because the police thought he had been involved in the death of Jose. They had sent my cousin to jail for three days. Seeing my cousin going to jail, was just hurtful to everyone. The police accusing him of killing his closest friend was uncalled for. Everyone knew he was innocent, we all knew he didn't do anything. That's why after those three days, he was let go and set free. I will never forget this day. Someone was taken away from us, December 31st, 2013 will always be the day he got taken from us.
Thank you for sharing this personal and upsetting story. I know it must have been hard to write about, but I appreciate your honesty. Maybe others will be helped my hearing your story.
ReplyDeleteDear Anthony, Sorry for you loss. That must been hard to go through when it was totally unexpected, it's hard to think someone could do that to someone. I can relate to losing someone but not in a way like that. When i was really young my little sister died from medical issues so I know how hard a huge loss in your life can be. Again sorry you had to go through that.
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