Yesterday was a rather emotional day at the office. 

I was alone in my little office whole working hard when a co-worker came through the door, shaking vigorously.  She was speaking, but all I really understood was that there was an accident.  I first thought that maybe someone that she knows called her on the phone and told her that someone close to her has been in a accident.  As she motioned me back through the door and into her office I quickly learned that she witnessed an accident through her office window. 

Across the street we saw a garbage truck on the side of the road.  All that my co-worker really knew was that she heard a big bang and then looked over to see two garbage men laying in the middle of the street.  The driver of the garbage truck jumped out and then drug one of the men out of the street and into the right lane behind the truck.  Which at the moment was the safest place for this man.  Our office is on a busy four lane road. 

The two of us, later three of us, watched the train wreak outside of the window for about a total of 45 minutes.  We work very close to a hospital and there was a doctor of some sort that was driving by and quickly stopped to  assist.  We watch all the neighbors across the street franticly coming out into the street to see what had happen outside of their homes.  We watched several people try to resuscitate the man that more than likely died instantly.  Then we watched the onlookers give up on the one of the men one by one.  We watched the pain in everyones eyes from the unfortunate tragic. 

After about 10-15 minutes of time the firetrucks, police and finally the ambulance arrive.  Myself, co-worker #1  and co-worker #2  were still watching at the window in shock.  Co-worker #1 was still rather frantic while watching the horrific scene.  We are about 95% sure that one of the garbage men died instantly.  The other was rushed to UAB hospital.  As we watched, we never saw the one garbage man move at all.  Then when the ambulances arrived they loaded the one garbage man very quickly and rushed off with him.  The one that was not moving was loaded onto the stretcher.  About 2 or 3 minutes later they put the stretcher in the ambulance and then about another 2 or 3 minutes later they got in the ambulance and drove off without using the sirens.    Unfortunately there was really nothing that could be done.  Here at the office we are still unsure of what exactly happened.  We have not been able to find anything online, in the news, nor the paper about these two men.  This was defiantly a new experience here at the office and one we would rather forgo in the future.