Something happened at nine years old that changed the outlook on my life forever. My family and I were going on a camping trip. As we were traveling in our car, we saw an accident happen in front of us. My father slammed on the breaks and veered to the left and went into the median strip of the highway. He then put the car into park and opened the car door and ran toward the accident leaving the car door open. Me being the age I was I took that to mean that it was ok to get out of the car and see what was happening.