A Big Dig at The Big Dig

I don't like tunnels to begin with...never have. I'm not too fond of bridges either. As Ron can tell you I always feel the urge to duck in tunnels and I drive through them WAY too fast in an effort to get through them quickly. I get mildy claustrphobic in them and in the back of my mind I always think... this damn thing was likely built by the lowest bidder and what the hell is stopping it from coming crashing down on me?

This past Monday this is exactly what happened. Tragically a local woman was killed in a partial tunnel collapse in Boston while she and her husband of just over one year were on their way to the airport to pick up relatives. The womans husband survived, but really, whoever recovers fully from something like that?

If she were killed by a regular traffic accident or a disease perhaps it would be more easily understood. It is still painful, but you are able to mentally catalog it and deal with the pain of losing someone. The human mind is capable of dealing with alot, but this is was a horrible, bizarre and preventable accident. This poor man will never be the same.

This terrible accident could have happened to anyone. How many of you immediately thought upon hearing this news "When was the last time I or someone I knew drove through this tunnel"? Or any of the other Boston area tunnels for that matter? I bet every single person within 50 miles of Boston has driven through one of them or knows someone who has. Go give that person an big hug right now, will ya? Better yet, go give the next person you see a big hug and tell them you are glad they are here no matter what, because you never know from one day to the next when something is going to happen.

I know I will not be driving through any of these tunnels anytine soon, if ever again. There are other ways in and around Boston and because you have to go through a tunnel to get to Logan Airport, T.F. Green Airport in Providence is looking even better now. If everyone in the Metro-Boston area felt this way then the big-wigs on Beacon Hill will have gotten their wish with the whole Big Dig project alleviating traffic... because if everyone is afraid to drive on their shiny new roads there simply won't be any traffic to deal with. Then the politicians could pat each other on the back, collect their fat paychecks and feel wonderful and wouldn't that be nice?

The Big Dig is a big hole that was being filled with money. My money, your money... everyones money. Sadly now it is also being filled with blood. The Government of Massachusetts has blood on their hands and now they must somehow make it right. Is that even possible?