Knowing the identity of the person calling you is a very helpful tool. There are very few times that you don't want to know this important information. This week I had one of those rare instances. Tuesday morning I got a call from my son. I answered the phone and asked my son, "What's up?"
The caller responded, "Is this Dave's father?"
Right away I knew something wasn't right. Many years ago while still attending college, I got a similar call. This happened before caller ID became available to anyone but the call began with "Is this Rich's brother?" My brother had been in an automobile accident and I was his emergency contact. The incident happened a few miles from where I lived at the time and so I drove to the scene and helped take care of my brother and his young family. Fortunately everyone walked away from two very damaged cars.
Having my son's roommate call me from my son's phone Tuesday morning could only mean that my son had been in an accident. I told the roommate that he had the right person and was informed that my son had been in a bike accident and was in a San Jose, California hospital. Naturally I got the name of the hospital and drove there to be with my son.
I got lucky and my son will make a full recovery. He received a serious concussion, a broken nose, and several facial lacerations requiring about 50 stitches. For the first time my son appreciated that while I live in Utah, I spend most of the week working in California. San Mateo to San Jose is only 35 minutes and I spent the week working from his apartment helping him to recover. As I mentioned, I got lucky. My heart goes out to anyone who gets a similar phone call with more serious consequences.
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