the morning tragedy, 6.13.23

alan texted me this morning to take a different route to work as there was a bad accident on i-93. listening to his advice, i took i-95 to route 1 to cambridge. it took almost an hour 40 to get to work, which already irked me. i go to work, finish my day, then come home to take a nap. again, when i wake up, i check my phone and alan texts me like he did this morning. turns out the accident this morning wasn’t an accident after all. it was someone committing suicide. they jumped off the bridge off exit 21. they got hit by a car and got killed. some people on twitter were saying there was blood, organs, etc. on the road. it was graphic and gory. it made me feel for the person who did that. it hit a little too close to home because i get off exit 21 and i get on through that bridge every day when i go home from work. from now on, i’ll probably always think of the suicide when i cross that bridge to merge on to 93 northbound.

when i read the news, i thought that if the worst part of my day is traffic, then i am doing okay.

i hope that person is at peace and i pray for their family.

-ratha, 11:23pm, 6.13.23