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Last Letter

Tahir Elsarrag

by Tahir Elsarrag
Ferry Road


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This letter was sent to me by my best friend Adam, in June 1994 while he was travelling through New Zealand - his last stop on a round the world trip before coming home.

But he never came home. He was killed by a drunk driver, just a week after he wrote it. He was 25.

I received the letter - the only one he ever sent me - shortly after his death.

He writes about his adventures. Trekking through the Himalayas. Crossing the outback on a motorcycle.

A life lived as if somehow he knew he wouldn't be here for long.

But how could he know? How does anyone know how long we've got?


Stories from the Streets of Cardiff - this film was made as part of a Digital Storytelling workshop run by BBC Wales.


your comments

Simon Nelson
would you want to know - not me. not too far in advance anyway, because I might not have lived or live the life I have or will have, the good and the bad. Tomorrow I will tell those I love that I love and they will be happy and I will try to tell them more often.

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