The Day I Didn't Die

by Yves Martens
(Hasselt, Belgium)

A friend 'Benny' and I borrowed a car from another friend at a party.

It was a beach party in Belgium and I got wet so we drove home to change clothes but we were under the influence of alcohol.

So we took the car(me as a passenger) for a spin and after some dangerous driving we hit the limit of gravity in an s-turn. We crashed and devastated 2 cars.

When the cops arrived, I walked back to see what our trail was. We missed a very deadly pole by inches and a house both build in concrete. I couldn't believe we didn't hit it .. I was about to burst into tears when I realized I was unscathed and alive.

I find out many years afterwards that this was an act of angels since we both didn't have a scratch.

Years later a similar situation happened; we went through a green light in a BMW and were hit full in the side by a motorcycle which went through a red light. Again we survived with no injuries.

When I was about 4 years old, I went on the highway with my little bike and even then they (the angels) were beside me... these are some of my stories of survival.

Yves