I AM THANKFUL FOR BEING ALIVE AS THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED IN MY LIFE WHICH IS 2 TIMES TOO MANY. MY DAUGHTER Rayna Agers-silva , HER HUSBAND RAPHAEL, THEIR CHILDREN LENEAYA AND CAYDEN AND I WERE AT OUR PUBLIC POOL. WE OF COURSE ARE THE ONLY ONES THERE. THIS IS A CONDO NEXT DOOR TO US IN THE POOL AREA. THEY ARE MORE LIKE PATIO HOMES. IT WAS A LITTLE AFTER NINE PM AND I AM TELLING THE KIDS TO BE QUIET AS IT IS GETTING LATE AND THEY WERE MAKING TOO MUCH NOISE. I DID NOT WANT TO DISTURB THE NEIGHBORS. I DID NOT GRASP THE SEVERITY OF THE SITUATION UNFOLDING LITERALLY 30 FEET AWAY IN A CONDO BEHIND THE POOL. IT WAS A 49 YEAR OLD EX-MARINE WHO WENT BUZZERK AND SHOT AND KILLED HIS GIRLFRIEND, HER 11 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, AND HIMSELF TO DEATH. WE HEARD THE SHOTS BUT I WAS JUST NOT ACCEPTING THE FACT THAT THEY WERE GUN SHOTS. I KEPT THINKING THIS IS TOO GOOD A NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THIS TO BE HAPPENING HERE. THERE WERE 7 SHOTS. IT WAS VERY WINDY AND THE HOT TUB WAS BUBBLING WHICH REALLY MASKED THE SHOTS FOR ME. ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER WE LET THE POLICE INTO THE POOL AND HE LITERALLY JUMPED THE FENCE INTO THE GUYS BACK YARD FROM WHERE WE WERE. I AM THANKFUL THAT THE GUY DID NOT GO ON A RAMPAGE AND SHOOT MY FAMILY AND I. I KNOW HE COULD HEAR US FROM THE POOL AREA AS IT ECHOS LOUDER IN THERE. MY PALM SPRINGS AREA IS IN A GATED COMMUNITY AND THERE IS THE FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY THAT ALL IS WELL IN THE UNIVERSE THERE. I AM THANKFUL WE WERE NOT HIT BY ANY STRAY BULLETS OR BY DIRECT AIM. IF HE WOULD HAVE BEEN ON A RAMPAGE, HE WOULD HAVE HEADED FOR US. LIFE IS SO SHORT AND FRAGILE. I AM GLAD YOU ARE NOT READING ABOUT US IN THE NEWS MEDIA AND AGAIN I REMAINED OUT OF HARMS WAY. TO ALL MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS I AM A LITTLE SHAKEN BY THIS AS THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME A NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR HAS BEEN KILLED. PLEASE KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU, MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS. ALSO KNOW, I DO NOT TAKE LIFE LIGHTLY. I DO KNOW THAT MY DAUGHTER, HER FAMILY, AND I WERE KEPT OUT OF HARMS WAY. THANK YOU DIVINE INTERVENTION FOR KEEPING US SAFE. CHERISH LIFE AS YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT IS AROUND THE CORNER.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 13:26:01 +0000