Grateful to be alive for Christmas ...

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It took me a few days to come back to post here .. but now that I've gotten passed this, I can now say that I am so grateful to be alive after something that almost happened to me here on Dec. 21. L.A. is known for all of their high speed police pursuits shown on tv. Unknowingly, I was one of those people minding my own business, stopped at a red light on Pacific Coast Highway, who almost got plowed down at 100mph by the GMC SUV being pursued by about 10 police vehicles. I was at a red light .. first vehicle,with another SUV next to me. All of a sudden, coming at me, were several police cars being led by a speeding SUV (clocked between 90-100mph). The SUV hit a deep dip in the road, which made him lose control ... aiming right at me. He was going so fast that he was a blur. At the last second I saw him jerk his steering wheel... that's all I could see .. his hands in the last second jerking his steering wheel. He missed me by 1/2 inch. The H3 rocked back and forth. He crashed 2 blocks past me and landed on his roof. He got out and ran ... then finally cuaght by the police. For one second, I saw my life pass in front of me. My mouth was open in a silent scream .. I knew I was about to be hit head on. The couple in the suv next to me were in shock, just as I had been. We stood there through 3 light changes .. then slowly moved up along the curb in shock. I ached for a couple of days .. I had tensed up anticipating the crash. This is an experience I NEVER want to experience again. I used to think that, yeah, the police HAVE to catch up with the ones they want during a high speed pursuit. Now I say NO! Too many innocent people can be killed along the way. It turns out that this guy had robbed several homes in my neighborhood and was trying to get away. He had bags of jewlery when he was caught. Nothing is worth getting innocent bystanders killed with that rate of speed. Glad to still be here.