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Hey man, it’s been a while, hope you are doing fine now?
Yea, I manage to survive, thanks.
If I may ask, how do you go about it?
Why not, but I must confess to you; that particular day was one of the terrific days I will never forget in my entire life.
As usual, I was in the bank to cash out money to settle my workers, but on that day, things went the other way round. I can remember vividly that it was around 3:30 pm on Thursday, I went straight to the bulk room, did my transaction as soon as I can in order to be able to meet my workers at the site, and boom! It was a bomb blast. At that very moment, the terrible blast did not only render me dumbfounded, but it left my eyes with a lot of dust that I couldn’t see, and my ears were forced to go on break for some minutes.
Oh! Sorry we have been standing, please follow me; let’s go make ourselves comfortable.
It was disclosed in the news that the armed robbers kept the bomb in a car parked close to the entrance of the bank and got it exploded as soon as they are ready to strike. However, I find it difficult to believe there is a bomb with such a large range, though some people said it was C4.
That may be true because I was unconscious till when someone pulled out the bag of money I held, but at that very moment, I couldn’t move nor see. The pain coming from my left leg became much more unbearable, I tried to pull out the leg but something heavy was on it. Then I began to scream for help at the top of my voice. Help! Help!! And before I scream the third time, someone hit something on my head from behind and that was all I remember until when I opened my eyes at the hospital.
I spent the first eight weeks after the incident at the hospital, and at the point of discharge, I felt embarrassed because what I had left in my account wasn’t enough to settle my hospital bills. So I had to reach out to some of my family members for help even though we were not on good terms. Insults upon insult were what I got from most of them until when my uncle stepped in and helped with the hospital bills.
On getting home, I begin to face threats from the workers I am supposed to pay with the stolen money, and looking at the level the building was, it is inadvisable to abandon the project, so I took the bold step of selling my car just to make sure the construction of the building is completed. Survival after that incident is in no way a palatable one, it cost me a lot of time, effort, resources, and sweat.
Glad you survived it, I will come to visit next month.
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