A friend of mine met with an accident driving in darkness. His legs were so hurt that he couldn’t move. What was the  1  was he found himself unable to ask for help—his mobile phone went out of  2  as a result of flat battery. Nothing could be done but to  3  in cold wilderness. It was 8 hours later that day when the  4  finally came.

 It is almost unimaginable that he could stand the horror in the darkness for so long. Even more  5  was his explanation: “First of all I checked up my physical conditions and found myself not in fatal danger. As there was no  6  to call for help, I leaned back in my seat trying my best to keep the wound from  7 . In this way, I managed to doze off.”