Personal Narrative: My First Fire Brill

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I will never forget my first fire drill! Setting: I am in a wheelchair. At that time I had a lot more strength than I do now so I used a manual wheelchair versus the electric one I use now. I actually didn’t spend much time in my wheelchair because so many of the games we played were on the floor. I would just crawl around from one place to another with my wheelchair safely in the corner. Fast forward to the fire drill: The alarm went off and the teacher calmly told us what to do. She scooped me up in her arms and walked the children in a nice, quiet line out to the yard. I was in hysterics. She tried her best to calm me to no avail. When we finally got back into the classroom and she put me on the floor, sat down beside me to try and