"Houston, we have a heroine..." ; 24 Dec 2023

On 10 December, 2023, a 17-year-old girl who was driving along Interstate 45 near Houston, USA, was shot dead point-blank by a driver whom she had overtaken. Though her heart was fatally injured, she managed to slow down to a halt, for those with her in the car.

Internet links :  

(1)

https://www.foxnews.com/us/hero-texas-teen-drove-friends-safety-being-shot-heart-during-road-rage-incident

 

(2)

https://abc13.com/road-rage-shooting-teen-girl-killed-17-year-old-shot-i45-gulf-freeway/14167001/  

 

Also see :

(3)

https://www.foxnews.com/us/denver-father-dies-protecting-2-year-old-daughter-being-hit-car 

 

(4)

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=china+woman+fell+in+escalator+threw+baby+to+safety

 

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HOUSTON, WE HAVE A HEROINE…

1^st section

Louise Jean Wilson,

Just seventeen,

Seventeen,

The prime of life,

Mow’d down by a murderer…

 

2^nd

Changing lane innocently

Led to a death untimely…

Changing lane was an offence :

“Retribution” was swift,

As swift as the murderous bullets :

Rough and ready slaughter…

 

3^rd

Cold-blood’d murder,

Callously snuffing out an innocent life

In a final, mortal strife…

The guy was prosecutor, judge,

Jury, witness, executioner :

All in a matter of seconds…

 

4^th

With gore the car interior was splash’d :

The heroism worldwide was flash’d…

A broken heart,

A shatter’d heart,

Pumping out the last drops of blood,

Holding the chariot steady,

With a bloodied thoracic cavity;

Struggling to give life to others :

What a heroism,

What a final sacrifice…

 

5^th

She herself was fading,

Fading into history,

But she steer’d the chariot

To a safe halt…

 

6^th

Her legs were going,

Her life was lapsing,

Her heart was slowing,

Her vision was blurr’d,

With sacrifice her heart purr’d :

A murderer gave her demise :

For her mates, tomorrow will rise…

 

7^th

She ensur’d for them a tomorrow :

How will humanity recover from this sorrow… 

 

8^th

Instead of enjoying a life,

She was given a eulogy :

What a tragedy…

A life gone too soon,

Snatch’d away pitilessly,

Mindlessly,

Ravenously…

9^th

The chariot stopp’d,

Her heart finally stopp’d :

Not until she renew’d life for others,

Even while she fell to terminal shudders…

10^th

Bloodied garments,

Dripping with gore :

Holding on to the steering wheel,

Fighting the excruciating pain,

The torture :

Preserving life for others…

 

11^th

A rare lesson from the entrails of America,

The noblest sacrifice,

A move that could only come

From a deep-root’d humane nature :

An act that kick’d in instantly :

A lesson for entire humanity…

 

12^th

The murderer can run :

He hath to run :

He must keep running :

But, he cannot outrun jail,

Nor infinite poetic retribution… 

 

13^th and last

Louise Jean Wilson,

A name that hath been immortalis’d,

An act that shalt be sung again and again :

The sacrifice shalt not be forgotten…

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Soman Ragavan

Mauritius (Indian Ocean)

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