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Reverend's Trauma
April 18, 2008 |
It was a sunny day when Reverend Cynthia Brasher was driving during her lunch
break. It seemed like a typical workday for the Lee Memorial Director of
Spiritual Services. But in an instant the Chaplin’s life came to a crashing
halt. “The next thing I know I was hit from the side and I remember turning and
thinking I saw a truck and thinking is that bouncing off of me. I do remember
looking at my dashboard and thinking oh it’s beginning to scrunch up. It wasn’t
like I was crying or screaming. It was like oh my look at what is happening
here.” Within seconds the trauma counselor was now a trauma victim. Rev. Brasher
was badly injured but some angelic citizens quickly came to her aid. ” I can’t
imagine what this car looked like and here she was she crawled in somehow got
the door open.” The Chaplin who spends her days comforting others was now being
comforted by complete strangers. “I’ve done chaplaincy for 20-something years
and tried to stay with people in times of pain and surprises in their live and
here I was on the receiving end by a stranger who was willing to crawl into a
car and sit with me. I was very moved by that.” Reverend Brasher was quickly
rushed to the Lee Memorial Hospital Trauma Center. There physicians realized the
full extent of her injuries. Next week we will check in on Cynthia and see how
her life has changed since the traumatic crash. Every six minutes someone dies
from a traumatic injury. Car accidents account for 41 percent of all trauma
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