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Personal Narrative Essay: My Hero's Journey

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The sound of metal crushing as the collision head-on destroyed my thinking path. I felt as if the night was fading into complete darkness. All I could think about as we collided against the mound at the north side of the hill down the gloomy stretch of road was death. The car rolled over continuously till every engine part flew from under the hood. After the car finished rolling I checked to my left to see if Sam was still alive, he was bleeding from his mouth and unresponsive. The right front passenger door was crushed, I couldn't seem to free my right arm, I was trapped. I use my left arm to tug at my right arm free it, I screamed in pain as I pulled and pulled to notice my arm was broken. I managed to pull my right arm away from the crushed door after 10 minutes of agonizing pain shooting through my nerves. …show more content…

We started packing for the strip around 7 a.m on a Sunday morning, May 9, was our departure date but Sam decided to leave on May 10th. I didn't care what day we left as long as we got their. Sam was driving the whole trip, as we drove onto the highway Sam said “Put on your seatbelt”. He was right, never even thought to put on my seatbelt until he told me to. I hurried to put on my belt to make sure i was safe the whole trip to the Grand Canyon.
We started from Chicago and went all way down I-95 West to get to our destination. Sam drove for hours, he never stopped for gas once or for food. I was wondering how long did we have left, I glanced at the GPS to see how long we had remaining. Darkness fell, gas began to become an issue. I asked Sam “Are we stopping for gas soon”, he looked me with eagerness. He said “Well stop on the next exit”. I thought to myself how long was he gonna drive without gas until I said something about

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