That was dedication
Sorry I missed that marine
A group of us Leathernecks from Ohio did not make the parade that day, we had a minor fender bender on the way downtown DC
We where at the end of a larger group of 100 or so veterans on bikes, switching over 3 lanes for an exit, when all of sudden all we saw was a sea of brake lights
after we where able to get in front of this truck
Since we where at the tail of this group - we where witnessing the according effect - we where speeding up to catch the end of the group crossing 3 lanes of highway - needless to say not everyone got slowed down in time and hit the tail end of our leader, knocking him to the road ???
He did not get up, and his bike fortunetly went into the grass and not into the other bikes
The Leathernecks in that group went into action and secured the site, by this time our leatherneck was talking and wanted to be checked out by the squad - they showed up quickly and wisked him away, fortunetly they released him a couple hours latter, no broken bones, some road rash and bruises
We had his bike trailered back to our camp site - minor damage to the saddle bags and exhaust tail pipe - it was ridabale. Then we herd that the State Police would not release the other bike due to damage ??? Discovered the point of impact was the shifting linkage, broke and bent
We made some quick field repairs and rode that bike back to the camp site and made some more secure repairs. This bike was ridable now
and she was not injured in the fender bender.
Needless to say the band of leathernecks from Ohio did not make the ride down town DC to the parade that day, we took care of our brothers and sisters - they where both able to ride their bikes back to Ohio the next day
DC traffic is the pits
