Who was at the reins of those horses?

In a tiny town not far from here a Fourth of July parade turned tragic. A team of horses pulling a carriage became spooked and trampled through spectators. After bolting six city blocks the horses finally plowed into a parade float and fell in a heap on the road. The driver's wife was thrown from the carriage and later died from injuries she sustained from hitting the pavement. Dozens of others, mostly children were injured. Some severe.

News of the accident spread quickly, with local TV and newspapers dispatching reporters to the scene. Eager for firsthand accounts of what happened, reporters interviewed onlookers and published a plethora of emotional comments. The word "God" appeared in many of the quotes. Some "God" containing comments where in the form of a panicked explicative. As in "Oh my God - the horses are charging". Many others uttered the common cliché of "Thank God", followed by a statement of how it could have been worse.

One woman, we'll call Tammy, was a little more illustrative and descript in her certainty that God orcastrated the whole scene. (Names have been changed to protected the innocent, namely ME)

"Tammy Wilson doesn’t know how her 4-year-old daughter wasn’t seriously hurt when a runaway horse carriage stuck her in Johnsonville on Sunday, sending her
cartwheeling through the air. But after Lisa landed 15 feet away, still conscious and virtually unscathed, Tammy was sure of one thing: “God was working.” "

This quote appeared front page (and on the Internet) of a major newspaper widely distributed throughout the area. I am sure the condescending, hypocritical nature of this statement was not apparent to most, including the woman who was quoted. However, it hit a nerve with one online reader who shot back with a true, although sarcastic, comment of his own.

"I am glad to hear that 'God was at work' at the parade. Apparently God likes you and your daughter better than the woman who was killed and all of the children who were injured"

Unfortunately, I had to paraphrase the above quote because when I went back to cut and paste it verbatim it was gone. Sadly the newspaper moderator removed it for a 'Terms of Use' violation.