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Post by Wrench on Jul 23, 2005 9:36:30 GMT
It sounded uncannily like a filing cabinet falling onto a cat.
That was a nasty thing to hear.
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Post by Kitten on Jul 23, 2005 16:22:21 GMT
i am sooooo glad to hear you guys are safe!!!!! ;D accidents...man i really don't like seeing them and glad when no one gets badly hurt! i can remember helping the local firemen and paramedics back in Pittsburgh and Irwin (PA) along Route 30...now there was a few accidents that would give all us responders nightmares.... *shivers*  my brother was a volunteer fireman for a few years....that was scary!  an poor me? i got called into the "go-fer" duties for the medics...which wasn't to bad, mostly.  good luck driving, Belle and Wrench!! tis not too scary, once you get the hang of it...  later |
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Post by rainbowjoule on Jul 23, 2005 16:59:17 GMT
I get to hear all the grizzly stories from fires and accidents. My dad and brother have been on the volunteer fire dept for years (I think my dad started in the 70's, my brother late 90's) and my brother and sister in law are on the ambulance crew and my brother also works for Gold Cross.
Some of the more notable stories: the pilots of a helicopter crash (crispy critters), the driver of a truck in a pickup vs semi head on and of course, more farm fires then you could imagine with lots of farm animals.
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Post by weeman on Jul 23, 2005 19:10:07 GMT
Sherry and I were involved in a rescue back in March. We`d been to the hospital `cos she was in the first stages of labour and they had told us to come back later so we thought we`d head home for a while. We were on winding country roads, with the usual Florida rain coming down, when a pick-up coming the other way lost control and skidded toward us. The driver got some grip back but lost it again and headed into the trees hitting all sorts on the way till it eventually smashed head first into a bigger tree. I`d been doing my First responder refresher at work that week and my instructor was still trying to get me to go out on a fire truck for a shift to see how it was. I`d always refused `cos I didn`t know how I`d react in a real situation and especially if kids were involved...I suppose I found out  We pulled up and went running to the truck, me and my "in labour" wife. As I got closer I could see the whole of the drivers side roof was caved in and I was sh*tting myself at what I`d find. The door was completely mangled so I went round to the passenger side and got in that way. The driver was trapped but had no obvious signs of injury. The roof was pressing against his head but not crushing it. Pretty lucky all round actually. After a few seconds assesment of him I discovered he was deaf! Not from the crash, from birth. It was amazing. Through various methods of communication I managed to find out all the injuries I could to pass on to the rescue teams when they got there. Meanwhile some other people got there and started trying to force the door open. Sherry pushed them out the way telling them not to `cos they could make it worse. Very funny seeing a heavily pregnant woman in rescue mode ;D The driver pointed out his mobile text/cell to me and I called his wife and brothers to explain what had happened and where we were. The guy was so calm but was starting to get a bit agitated. By the time the rescue trucks got there, Sherry and I had swapped places and she was just stroking his arm to re-assure him. His brothers arrived the same time the crews did and were able to tell him he had a cochlear implant in his head. That changed the whole comlexion of the situation `cos with an implant and a head injury it was a helicopter job. They eventually cut him out and flew him to the Trauma unit in Orlando. I heard from his mum the next day and she said he was home and doing reasonably well considering what had happened to him. The fire chief was very complimentary to us and it did give us a wee moment of pride.......then it was back to the hospital for some birthin` ;D The strange thing is: I could communicate perfectly well with a deaf man in a smashed up truck yet I get grief all the time here from people not being able to understand my Scottish accent  Wassup wid dat  Sorry this turned into Ben Hur ;D |
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Post by Memphis on Jul 23, 2005 20:00:12 GMT
Waddya mean you can't be understood?? They just aren't listening properly! You want impossible to understand talk to me after one too many diet cokes... You find out just how strong my west country accent really is ;D
Well done Sherry for doing the whole rescue thing while being with child though. Glad to hear she'd not one of these women who think having a bump makes them incapable of doing anything that doesn't directly make their own life easier. (well done to you too of course, but we know you're a super hero anyway!)
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Post by Kitten on Jul 23, 2005 20:16:16 GMT
ya mean I'm not the only one who's accent - in this case, a Pittksburgh PA accent - gets them in trouble? LOL! i get that all the time, especially when i say certain words...  of course there are those among us, like you, Weeman and Sherry, who are in that role more often...  an who knows, we're all "super heroes" when times come and we take charge... ;D later all |
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Post by weeman on Jul 23, 2005 22:51:18 GMT
West Country? You should hear my Cornish dads` accent........apparently. I grew up with it so didn`t notice ;D
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Post by Memphis on Jul 23, 2005 23:19:41 GMT
If your dad's cornish he will understand me just fine.... even after a bit too much local cider, Mother's cornish and believe me people actually ask for translations in to english when we get going |
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Post by weeman on Jul 24, 2005 1:02:39 GMT
Yep..he was born in Alternun...near Jamaica Inn I believe. One of my cousins owns a farm in Launceston and I`ve got loads of other cousins dotted about Cornwall who I`ve never even heard of...well obviously I`ve kind of heard of, otherwise I wouldn`t know I`ve got them .... |
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Post by Memphis on Jul 24, 2005 11:41:01 GMT
Mother was dragged up on a farm in St Ive, near Callington and also has family all over Cornwall.... Weeman we could be related, what a scary though for you!
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Wassup wid dat 
