Narrative
It was a normal Friday night in down town Salt Lake City, Utah. I, my aunt and uncle, my two cousins and two of their friends were out cruising in my aunt's new birthday present- a '92 Camaro Z28. I drove the car because my aunt and uncle had been drinking and were a little screwed up. The car was a convertible, which I thought was extremely cool, so I asked if I could take the top down. Of course, almost anything you ask a drunk is a guaranteed yes, so we put the top down and headed to State Street, which is well known for the nice ¼ mile stretches and the prostitutes. When we finally hit State Street, I noticed that we were almost out of gas, so I pulled over, which was a very bad mistake, and filled the tank all the way. As I was coming back out to the car after paying for the gas, I noticed a dark blue `Saleen' Mustang parked next to the car, and the guy inside of it was talking to my aunt and uncle. As I walked towards the car, I could hear that they were talking about a race
The police and rescue units were called in by an onlooker who saw the whole thing. When the paramedics arrived, they immediately called for a life flight, which was for my uncle who was thrown from the vehicle because he did not have his seat belt on. I fortunately had my seat belt on. I was held in my seat because that the seat belts were specially designed to keep the drivers of race cars in their seats in case of an end-over end-flip or a continuous rollover. My uncle was in the hospital for three months because both of his legs and wrist were crushed, along with having minor brain damage and being in a coma. I ended up with a broken collarbone, two dislocated shoulders and a broken ankle, but hey, it beats being dead. . As I advanced closer, my uncle shouted for me to hurry up so we could race. After sliding into the driver's seat once again, I was informed that I would be the one who would be racing. I tried to tell my uncle that I had never raced before, and he totally ignored me. He t
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Approximate Word count = 674
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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