Personal Narrative: My First Person In High School

Many years ago when I was in high school there were two people. The first person was popular and respected for his humor and kindness. His laugh and smile was contagious making everyone love him even more. Little did anyone know though what was transpiring in his head. One night his parents discovered him hanging inside their garage, with a noose around his neck. The school mourned, the teachers put on brave faces, and the students cried. About a year later the second person arrived. She was the new girl, shy and sweet she attempted to fit in. Before I knew it she had joined the swim team I was a part of. She swam and she tried as she might to belong. By the end of the season we had become friends, speaking on occasion. After the swim season had ended we rarely saw each other. A couple months down the line we ran into each other, we spoke briefly and that was the end of it. A couple weeks later her parents found her body. Just as the first had done, she decided to take her own life...however in a much more gruesome way if memory serves. However this time the school did not mourn, the teachers …show more content…
After some time I came to a conclusion. Every single person in this world has the potential to change everything as we know it. There is no telling what those two people would have done if they had lived, or the impact they would of had on the future. John Rockefeller narrowly missed boarding a train that was destined to crash and kill every passenger on board. What would the world look like today if the Oil King had perished before receiving his crown? What would the world look like today if Andrew Carnegie would not have boarded that ship to America? The loss of life and their possible futures is a tragedy. They will have no descendants, they will never know what it is to grow old, or what it will be like to have a family that loves