Several years later, I heardthat Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant business:he left the back door open one morning and was held up at gunpoint by threearmed robbers. (31)________, hishand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robberspanicked and shot him.

Luckily, Jerry was foundrelatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma center. (32) ________, Jerry was released from thehospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.

I saw Jerry about six monthsafter the accident. (33)________, hereplied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?"

(34) ________, but did ask him what had gonethrough his mind as the robbery took place.

"The first thing thatwent through my mind was that I should have locked the back door, Jerryreplied. "Then, as I lay on the floor, (35) ________: could choose to live, orcould choose to die. I chose to live."

"Weren't you scared?Did you lose consciousness?" I asked.

Jerry continued, "Theparamedics were great. (36)________.Butwhen they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expressions on thefaces of the doctors and nurses, (37) ________. In their eyes, I read, 'He's a dead man. I knew Ineeded to take action."

"What did you do?"I asked.

"Well, there was a big,burly nurse shouting questions at me, said Jerry. "(38) ________. 'Yes,' I replied. The doctorsand nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breathand yelled, ‘Bullets!' Over their laughter, I told them, ‘I am choosing to live. (39) ________, not dead.’”

Jerry lived thanks to theskill of his doctors but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned fromhim that(40) ________.

Attitude, after all, iseverything.

(From Attitude Is Everything)

A. When I asked him how he was

B. Jerry was the kind of guy you loveto hate

C. You choose how you react tosituations

D. While trying to open the safe

E. I got really scared

F. She asked if was allergic toanything

G. every day we have the choice to livefully

H. Operate on me as if I am alive

I. declined to see his wounds

J. After 18 hours of surgery and weeksof intensive care

K. I remembered that I had two choices

L. They kept telling me I was going tobe fine

 
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