Just after 7 a.m. Tuesday, I got in my car for a three-minute drive to our neighborhood bagel store. As I moved into the left-turn lane, a many-wheeled truck was lolling the opposite direction past the driveway of the mini-mall parking lot. And then, just as I began to make my left turn, the truck driver suddenly put his truck into reverse, blocking the driveway before I could get through.I was on the wrong side of the street, perpendicular to traffic, with nowhere to go and a car coming at me at regular speed from about 75 yards away.I threw my car into reverse in the middle of the boulevard to get out of the oncoming car's way, and lived to breathe for another day.* * *Today in Tucson, the Dodgers and Diamondbacks will gather to play a baseball game in memory of those killed in the J
Tragedy and survival
Published March 25, 2011 at 10:35 AM
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