Stories of Lost Children
Gwendolyn Paige - Our Angel
by Sarah Weingartner, Hammonton, NJ, U.S.A.
My story is long and sad. I had the life a few months ago. My husband and I had just gotten married, we had 2 children and one on the way, we were buying our first house. Then all in one minute everything was gone. I was going to school Wednesday like usual. I always went to Dunkin Donuts to get my usual, hot tea and corn muffin, but that day I decided I didn't have enough money. I was approaching my turn and I was making a left. I stopped with my turn signal on and waited for a few cars to pass. Then next thing I remember is waking up in the hospital 3 weeks later. I was scared and alone and upset because I couldn't move or speak. I thought I was paralyzed. The nurse came in and told me I'd been in a car accident and I mouthed to her that I was NOT in a car accident. She argued with me a little bit then I looked down at my tummy and started to cry. I frantically mouthed to her where is my baby.... I want my baby. She just walked away. I was 32 weeks pregnant the day of the accident. Finally my family got there. First my mom, then my dad, then my husband god it was so good to see him. I smiled so big and mouthed where's Gwendolyn, I want to see her. I watched all their heads drop to the floor and the tears streaming down their faces. I lost it. I was hysterical calling my mom a liar. I told her that Gwendolyn was OK and she was at home waiting for mommy to come home and take care of her. I just wouldn't believe them. I was desperately searching for Sean's eyes but he couldn't even look at me. I know it was because he'd have lost his composure. I then went on to ask what happened. Sean told me a cop hit me. WHAT??? a....COP....???? I didn't get it. aren't they supposed to protect and serve? I don't feel very protected and I don't think I ever will again. He broadsided my car and pushed me through a telephone pole. I don't remember the accident or the 3 weeks following it, and that is what's the hardest for me. Never seeing her, holding her, rocking her, kissing her, loving her, telling her good bye. Never got that opportunity. Neither did my husband for that matter. They took my baby before my family was even aware that I'd been in a car accident. She was considered "evidence". Yea, my little girl was evidence, so no one in my family got to see her. What's worse, that cop is still behind the wheel of a patrol vehicle. Nothing ever happened to him. As the police station said in a press release, "this accident was not considered fatal" Wonderful world we live in right??
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