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Be Not Afraid Readinessother, a cliff. We yelled at Dad to try steering into thewall, though we knew it could be fatal. But Dad couldn’tbring himself to stop the bus that way.We raced faster and faster, and suddenly we werebearing down on a group of men loading stone into atruck parked on our side of the road. Dad realized hewould hit it and began to shake uncontrollably, thentried to swerve around it and lost control of the wheel.“We’re heading for eternity!” he cried out; at the sametime, I felt the wheels lifting off the ground. Bouldersrushed up toward us, and glass rained down everywhere.<strong>The</strong>n I couldn’t see anything…Sliding down the steep hillside from the highway a fewminutes later, Shirley’s brothers found her and hersisters badly injured, but alive. Miraculously – consideringthe crumpled frame of the bus – they had evenmanaged to extricate themselves from the wreckage.Seeing her brothers huddled not far away, Shirleydragged herself toward them. <strong>The</strong>y were trying toconsole their dying mother:Mom was gasping hard, and her expression was agonizedand helpless. I told her, “Mom, we love you.” She seemedto focus and looked straight at me for a second, but thenwent blank again. That’s when I saw Dad lying twisted6

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