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Bleeding color I dive in so deep Way too deep to swim I find myself choking on paint new blood My lungs seizing and trembling with every inhale but I don t fight that Knocking out my own teeth breaking my own jaw I ve hit rock bottom once again Why do I say the things I do The paint surrounds me I ve bled so much This invisible forcefeild around me keeping my own ocean to myself A clear display and everyone see s me inside But I don t see myself I don t understand Too thick to see the light of the sun in the opaque ocean But I guess I m happy to know that I am swimming in something much too beautiful for my own good I can t see straight and I don t know any direction Head is spinning limbs detatched But I ve still got my blood and my camera around what s left of my neck I m still alive and breathing Even with paint in my lungs
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<i>i entered that body of desolate abyss ever sinking more and faster watching light disappear like day sinking falling suspended forever breathing begins to cease and choking begins to increase <i> i feel my lungs begin to fail some say that you ll see quot the light quot but all i see is my furthering demise < i>< i>
The American Experience Influenza 1918
The American Experience Influenza 1918 Produced and Directed by Robert Kenner Executive Producer Margaret Drain Executive Consultant Judy Crichton Series Host David McCullough Major funding for THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE is provided by the Alfred P Sloan Foundation National corporate funding is provided by Liberty Mutual and Scotts Miracle Gro Additional funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and public television viewers ©1998 WGBH Educational Foundation All rights reserved David McCullough Series Host Hello and welcome to The American Experience I m David McCullough In Boston the stock market closed In Pennsylvania a statewide order shut down every place of amusement every saloon In Kentucky the Board of Health prohibited public gatherings of any kind even funerals In 1918 America was caught up in the last horrific year of World War I Yet the war had nothing to do with the extreme measures being taken Deadly influenza the so called quot Spanish flu quot was sweeping the country spreading terror everywhere The first documented deaths were in Boston Explanations were offered but in fact no one had an answer Viruses were still largely unknown But then to this day that particular flu virus is still one of the mysteries of the story Once started the disease moved west in lethal waves that appeared to follow the lines of the railroads The speed with which it killed was appalling the loss of life unimaginable By the time it had run its course in America the epidemic took more than 600 000 lives It would be as if today with our present population more than 1 400 000 people were to die in a sudden outbreak for which there was no explanation and no known cure It was said every family lost someone Certainly it seemed that way I know my own family was no exception Sarah Cowles my great aunt Sarah McCullough before she married was one of 50 000 cases in Pittsburgh and one of the 4 500 who died there in just one medium sized city Could it happen a
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when 168 tonnes was discharged from cylinders by the Germans It blew gently across the ground like a mist and breathing it caused choking followed by death as the lungs filled with fluid Medieval plague mask The masks devised to prevent it being breathed in consisted of hoods tucked into the collars of jackets initially impregnated with urea replenished in the field
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back blows chest thrusts looking for the object and rescue breaths until the infant coughs up the object and starts breathing on his or her own or until help arrives Illustration C
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