Impaled By An 11 Foot Piece Of Metal Is No Way To Go Through Life, Son

Adam McVicker is a lucky man.  His truck slid off an icy road and he was impaled by a fence post.  He was pierced from behind, and by a miracle no major organs were damaged.  He will make a full recovery.  He was awake the entire time, even when the paramedics accidentally whacked the post, causing the vibration to echo through the core of his body.  How did they find him?  McVicker called 911 himself.

In a half-empty or half-full kind of way, he suffered more pain and terror than most of us will in a lifetime, and yet the outcome is as good as can be expected.  Some of us find terror in the concept of random chance, of being stricken by a spell of luck that is out of our control. It is easy to forget that the same engine that drives bad luck also drives good, and we can be blessed at our worst moments in the lowest place imaginable.  For example, bleeding to death on a dark roadside, unable to see and with no idea of where you are.