Thursday, June 3, 2010

Wounded taxi driver 'watched friend shot in face'

Twelve people were killed in a shooting rampage in the town of Whitehaven. Derrick Bird was the shooter and shot at Don Reed. Reed watched his fellow friend, Darren Rewcastle get shot in the face. Reed was previously in the military and he used his training to crawl over to where his friend was lying down. When he got to him his face was gone and he was dead. Bird drove away shooting at other taxi drivers and he eventually shot himself.

This would be a horrible thing to witness. Seeing anyone shot in the face would be bad but when it is one of your friends it makes everything worse. It is probably going to haunt Reed for the rest of his life. He is going to replay that day when he saws his best friend get shot at and crawling over to him to see him lying there with no face and dead. I don't know how I would be able to handle it first getting shot at yourself but then seeing your friend's face getting blown up from the shot.


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