Car and the Tree
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Sometimes, the most unsuspecting things can happen to the most wonderful, loving, and delightful people. This is the story of one frightful night in December, which changed the life of two young men.
These men where Marines in the United States Marine Corp, they had served overseas in Bahrain and Iraq and serving the country seemed to be of importance to them, they enjoyed everything that they did. They lived there life doing what they always wanted to do which was giving their life for their country.
However, this was not the case on that frightful December night the two young Marines, who had come home on leave for Christmas had a terrible accident. As they had left the house and was returning home, for some reason no one really knows they passed the street they should have turned down to return to the house. By passing the street they needed to go further up the road to turn around, the road was very secluded and dark, as they went up the road they accelerated to hurry. In result of acceleration they did not see the tree in the middle of the end of the road.
Consequently, they hit the tree head on at which time the car engulfed in flames. You could see flames shooting up the tree reaching the power lines, the fire was intense there was no hope for anyone in the car...