I am haunted by an account that was given by a treatment center alumnus
during a panel presentation to the reunion attendees yesterday.

Some people seem to have lives like a drama or an opera.
This one alumnus suffers from a degenerative nerve disorder and
has been in and out of hospitals all their life.
I got to know this person a little, as they were still in treatment
when I arrived, then they discharged.

I was unaware that, in the past year or two,
the alumnus was nearly killed while using a crosswalk to cross the street. A car struck the person in the crosswalk.
They were using an electric scooter, since the disorder affects their mobility,
and so were wearing a helmet, which saved their life.
Hearing this story kept me awake last night.