Another Adventurous Spirit
Another one down and out. The spirit of adventure lives on in women who respond to their inner voice urging that they take every opportunity that life offers them to live it to the full. Here is a 41-year-old woman, a longtime firefighter in Vancouver, one of the last professional bastions to fall in women's stride forward to share all manner of occupations once held to be suitable for men only.
She shared with all those other women who aspire to challenging positions in life and life's adventures an indomitable spirit, a love of adventure, an enjoyment of life. She leaves behind a legacy of a spirited woman fondly remembered, who did her best to bring happiness to others, while living her life as she would have it. And, she would have it as she deemed it should be.
She was vacationing in India, driving a motorcycle in the state of Goa, when she was hit by a bus. A British tourist whom she had met previously, came across the accident, discovered her lying by the side of the road and ferried the injured Canadian woman to four hospitals.
The first three turned her away; presumably because she was a foreigner, possibly because they operate on a slender budget and could not be certain they'd receive payment for their services.
At the fourth hospital, where she was accepted, the medical staff did their utmost to restore her chances for life, inducing a coma in a desperate attempt to save her. But four to eight hours had elapsed since the accident, and her injuries were simply too severe for their ministrations and skill to have any meaningful life-saving effect.
She died of her injuries after several days.
Her robust joy in life, and her abiding interest in the people around her, her fascination with the world at large, lent great meaning to her life, and in her travels she added to her store of experiences that led her to value life.
Her body was flown home to Vancouver from India, where the city's fire department's ceremonial honour guard met her arrival.
Farewell to another intrepid adventurer.
She shared with all those other women who aspire to challenging positions in life and life's adventures an indomitable spirit, a love of adventure, an enjoyment of life. She leaves behind a legacy of a spirited woman fondly remembered, who did her best to bring happiness to others, while living her life as she would have it. And, she would have it as she deemed it should be.
She was vacationing in India, driving a motorcycle in the state of Goa, when she was hit by a bus. A British tourist whom she had met previously, came across the accident, discovered her lying by the side of the road and ferried the injured Canadian woman to four hospitals.
The first three turned her away; presumably because she was a foreigner, possibly because they operate on a slender budget and could not be certain they'd receive payment for their services.
At the fourth hospital, where she was accepted, the medical staff did their utmost to restore her chances for life, inducing a coma in a desperate attempt to save her. But four to eight hours had elapsed since the accident, and her injuries were simply too severe for their ministrations and skill to have any meaningful life-saving effect.
She died of her injuries after several days.
Her robust joy in life, and her abiding interest in the people around her, her fascination with the world at large, lent great meaning to her life, and in her travels she added to her store of experiences that led her to value life.
Her body was flown home to Vancouver from India, where the city's fire department's ceremonial honour guard met her arrival.
Farewell to another intrepid adventurer.
Labels: Adventure, Human Relations
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