Novak sorry he has cancer, not sorry he hit a pedestrian
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Bob Novak has finally spoken up about hitting a pedestrian in July.
The first sign that I was in trouble came on Wednesday, July 23, when my 2004 black Corvette struck a pedestrian on 18th Street in downtown Washington while I was on my way to my office.
The person I hit, identified by police as Don, with no fixed address, was taken to George Washington University Hospital, where police said, “There are no visible injuries.”
Identified by the police as Don? Did Novak never even speak to the man? Novak writes movingly about the struggles of having a tumor, but not about Don; Novak’s only words about Don paint him as someone not worth thinking about (at least to Novak) and dismiss his injuries.
He says his Corvette hit the pedestrian—like it did it on its own. What’s missing from the article? Any sense that he’s sorry that he hit Don—whose injuries, though not visible, were real and extensive. He’s not worried about Don’s safety, only his own. He never apologizes. Never says “I feel awful and I’m thankful I didn’t kill anyone.” No, the only victim in Novak’s column was Novak and Don is just “the person [he] hit.”
In fact, Novak seems more sorry about selling his Corvette (“which [he] dearly loved”) than about having hurt a human being.
I’m sorry Bob Novak has a tumor, too; brain cancer is a terrible curse nobody deserves. Being hit by Bob Novak, one of the least compassionate men in Washington, is also a curse nobody deserves. Novak says he’s received well wishes from many people including President Bush. What did Don get?