For Aaron’s Sake
Arrogance killed six-year-old Aaron Woodson.
School children. School bus. Stop sign arm out on the bus driver’s side of the bus. Flashing lights. Pretty damn simple.
Anything you don’t get about this picture? Anything I need to explain? Apparently so for the driver of the pickup truck that catapulted tiny Aaron through the air like a rag doll and out of his mama’s arms forever.
The bus driver did what she was supposed to do. She activated the bus’ flashing lights. She activated the stop sign arm. She brought the bus to a complete stop and opened the door.
Aaron was only six. But even Aaron did what he was supposed to do. He stepped off the bus with other children and started to cross the street, the same way he’d done every day.
But the twenty-something propelling 5,500 pounds of steel through the neighborhood? He didn’t do what he was supposed to do.
For Aaron’s sake, let’s leave the arrogance at home.