More Weighty Matters-Prayers Please

Like I said, there are more weighty matters than college football.

My office is across the street from Huntsville Hospital. I noticed a few moments ago more than the usual number of ambulances making their way down Governors Drive. My wife just called me, and now I know why.

A school bus has gone over an overpass on I-565. There are fatalities (at least 3 students) and several critical injuries. You can watch live local feed here.

Prayers please.

10 Comments

  1. GREG

    thanks for the info mike. watching whnt feed now.

  2. Donna

    Praying….worst nightmares..

  3. Laurie

    I just saw this on AOL news and came here to see if everything was okay. Praying for your town and kids.

  4. Mark elrod

    I was really sorry to hear this and you were the first person I thought of. Good to hear that it hasn’t affected you or your family directly.

    Prayers and condolences for Huntsville.

  5. JRB

    We certainly are praying for these kids, their families, classmates, teachers, churches and community. Take care of them.

  6. Mike the Eyeguy

    Thank you all for your concern and prayers. It’s a very sad time for everyone. I think what is starting to hit home as much as anything is how much worse this could have been.

  7. Terri

    I work in the Marketing dept. at a hospital in Cullman. We train all the time for these type situations however today, all I could do was watch and worry. I didn’t even think about a job. I just worried about the parents who didn’t know the condition of their children. I think about the survivors and how this will impact the rest of their lives.

  8. Mike the Eyeguy

    Terri, the response of Huntsville emergency services and hospital personnel was phenomenal. One of the problems that they had at the hospital was not being able to initially identify several more severely injured kids, e.g. those who had to be intubated, because they didn’t have any form of ID on them.

  9. lAURA

    Wow, all I can say is just hug your family tight and pray for these families. We were working today and we do not have tv so my bosses husband called to tell us there was a trauma code over 30 kids enroute from bus accident. These are usually drills but this was not followed with a drill. So they do plan for these but it is a nightmare when one hits home. They said they got all of those kids to the hospital at an incredible time. So thank goodness we can all set and hug our kids tonight and be thankful for a dirty room (Ha). Brings reality to life. This is when I am glad I do not work in the hospital. Hope you and your fam have a great thanksgiving and I know we will all be alot more thankful and in prayer for these families.

  10. Mike the Eyeguy

    Laura, good thoughts. Those messy rooms (and Iron Bowl losses) don’t seem like such a big deal at the moment.

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