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I was walking to kassidys house like I usualky do every Sunday when an old man collapsed and starts bleeding I pull out my phone and call 911 as I run to him when the operator responds I am checking the mans pulse by his wrist the woman on the line asks is the person bleeding and shaking and talking gibberish I take my eyes off my watch to look at the old man Who is shaking and bleeding and muttering something under his breath I lean in a little closer to hear that he is in fact talking gibberish and I respond to the operator saying yes the woman on the line yells don't touch him I Will dispatch infectious disease control to your area do not move stay exactly where you are I respond to the woman by saying I took his pulse The operator yells HOW? Did you touch blood? Do you have any open cuts did he breathe on you? I tell the woman I'm starting to get worried now his pulse is dropping. The 911 operator tells me to forget his pulse he's dead don't touch him walk at least 5 feet away. I do is the woman asks and I get a little farther just to make sure because she's telling me something important for a reason I wait there for infectious disease control or the ambulance I'm not sure what she said but after I wait a little while not paying any attention to the man I read a puddle loses towards my baby blue high top sneakers I look to were the man was but instead of seeing him I see a pile of organs and bones and blood. In the distance I hear sirens

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