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Glass was shattered all around him. He moved his hand and felt the sharp poke of the car door, the metal crinkled in and folded as delicately as a piece of foil. A high-pitch ringing echoed in his ears, the only sound breaking through the silence, the eerie stillness.
His breathing was heavy and labored. A sharp inhale made him wince in pain followed by a deep sigh that escaped from his lips. His eyes fluttered open to see blurry images of denim stained with blood, a shoe with untied laces. Then, pain so great, so severe, there was only darkness.