4 September 2012
I could smell fire. I was lying on the ground. Josh, Scout, Phoenix and Denzil where lying there with me. I could see teachers rushing from student to student, Mr Chalk bustling towards me.
" Are you ok Tariq? Are you hurt in anyway? "
" I can't feel ma legs sir. "
Josh and Scout helped me to ma feet, but i fell helplessly to the ground. Why hadn't Denzil got up with everyone else. Josh was being checked out by his dad, Scout by Mrs Diamond, and Phoenix by Mr Burn, but no-one helped Denzil.
" whats happened to Denzil, Mr Chalk? Whys 'e not moving?"
" Don't worry about Denzil, Tariq help yourself. "
He carried me to the ambulance where i lay next to Josh. Then i heard something i never wanted to hear:
" Im afraid Denzil wont make it Mr Burn . He 'as been hurt to badly. "
What had happened was as bad some of the injuries around me. We were standing on the border of scotland and england when a van lost control and hit several of us students , making a fresh start in glasgow. And now i heard a doctor tell Mr Burn, " Denzil didn't make it. He is dead"
Paralympic Dream • Opuss № I