Crazy, fluky accident

On Wednesday, we got a very urgent, disconcerting phone call. It was Paul's day off, and we were enjoying the day when we got the call saying that a man had just run his car into Paul's office!! Apparently, he had given blood and then stopped at the smoke shop across the street. As he was waiting to turn onto 39th South (a VERY busy street) he passed out and his foot hit the gas pedal. He shot across the street (It was a miracle he wasn't hit by oncoming traffic!) and the sidewalk and grass and straight into the back workroom! As you can see, most of the wall was floor to ceiling windows with metal posts in between. Needless to say there is a lot of glass to clean up! There was also a lot of oil on the floor so it smells like a car garage, and the wall between the workroom and his exam room is bowed out and cracked. There will be work to do for a long time!

Fortunately, no one was hurt. Anna, Paul's optician was in the room a few seconds earlier adjusting some glasses. She had just walked out of the room. The driver walked away without a scratch. We are also fortunate that it was the workroom rather than Paul's exam room or the optical. He lost some equipment that will have to be replaced but he could have lost a lot more equipment or his display cases and hundreds of frames. He will still be able to keep the office open while repairs are made. The driver is insured as well as the building which Paul leases from, and we have insurance so financially we should be covered. It's just the pain of sorting out all the claims and waiting for the work to be done! Although, we would have been more fortunate if it had not happened at all, we have to look for the blessings.

What a weird, fluky thing to happen!