3 Gut-Wrenching Stories Where People Witnessed Something Chilling on Their Jobs
Imagine being at work and suddenly finding yourself in the middle of a heart-stopping moment. That’s exactly what the people in these stories went through.
These three gut-wrenching tales from the workplace reveal some chilling moments that profoundly altered the lives of some professionals and turned their regular working days into moments they would never forget.
After being in the medical profession for 12 years, I thought I’d seen it all. Yet, nothing compares to yesterday. I stood pressed against the hospital corridor, my half-empty cup of coffee in one hand and my stethoscope hung from the other.
The hospital had been overwhelmingly busy, and I was ready to hang up my scrubs for the night. But I still had a few more hours to go. After a quick bathroom visit, I was prepared to tackle the last hours of my shift.
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I had just returned to the ER when two orderlies wheeled a woman in. “What happened?” I asked as I put my stethoscope into place.
“No idea, doc,” the orderly said.
“Let’s find her name,” I commanded as I examined the woman.
Nurse Samantha reached for the woman’s purse and found her wallet. “Howard. Her first name is Vanessa,” she said.
I nodded in acknowledgment and ordered everyone to start treating her. I noticed the bruise on the patient’s abdomen, and my heart sank. I knew something very wrong had happened to her.
A couple of hours later, the woman, Vanessa, woke up feeling groggy, and Samantha checked on her.
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“Hi, I’m Samantha, Dr. Silverman said to page her the moment you woke up. Is that okay?” she asked.
Vanessa nodded. Soon, she was transferred from the ER to a different ward, where she told me what brought her to the hospital. I was horrified when I heard her story.
At her home, Vanessa was sitting at the kitchen counter, picking at the last bits of lasagna from the casserole. She was ready to call it a night, but her husband, Ron, was sitting in front of the television. He was watching a game, and the beers had flowed since before dinner that evening.
As he yelled at the TV, Vanessa flinched, absentmindedly stroking her arm, which was still a little tender from the incident the week before. In her head, she thought that Ron did not mean to hurt her; he was just rushing out of the house,...