i was waiting to cross the road, the crossing sloped towards the road.
the bitch standing next to me had a pushchair with a kid inside and for some retarded reason she let go of the pushchair and turned to talk to her friend.
the pushchair started rolling down the slope and into the road, into the path on numerous oncoming cars.
i jumped forwards, grabbed it and yanked it back off the road, just before a car would have hit it at about 30mph.
I dont know 100% that the car wouldnt have stopped, neither do i know if it would have been fatal or not.
more annoying than the stupidity, was the reaction of the mother, she just looked at me, didnt say thanks, and got on with whatever bullshit was more important than ensuring her ugly offspring wasnt crushed under the wheels of a car
Have you ever saved anyone's life?
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One really close call I had was while I was teaching a toddler's swimming class. One kid had gotten out of the water because it was too cold (pussy). His mom didn't pay attention to him, and he got back in the pool on his own, quietly, while I was across the pool about 40 feet away with the other holding onto the side. Out of the corner of my eye I caught a bit of movement - the kid who had gotten back in was at a depth where he was sumberged to the top of his head while standing on his tiptoes. All I saw was his hair spread out at the surface of the water and he was bobbing back and forth trying to move (not successful). He was right by the edge, so people on the side standing about 5 feet from the water couldn't see him. I think I made it across teh water in about 1 second with the adrenaline rush. Got him out, he was coughing water, etc. Mom was absolutely beside herself. I always think about how if I had not just barely noticed him when I did he could be dead or brain damaged right now. That one really bothered me when I thought about how lucky it was. Still does a bit, because the sight is kind of like something right out of a nightmare to see a toddler under the water and unable to do anything about it.
Another was the time I had to pull a 220 pound teenager with down syndrome from the bottom of the deep end. That one was physically challenging.
Another was the time I had to pull a 220 pound teenager with down syndrome from the bottom of the deep end. That one was physically challenging.
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thats why you learn to use the rescue tube. But it was still a pain in the ass. If I hadn't been there, it would have been up to the other guard - a 110 pound 17 year old girl who had trouble pulling a plastic chair out of the pool when one got thrown in.mrd wrote::icon28:tnf wrote:Another was the time I had to pull a 220 pound teenager with down syndrome from the bottom of the deep end. That one was physically challenging.
Aside from tending bad wounds from drunken fights (as well as helping keep my friends from getting stomped), I don't think I've come close to saving anyone's life.
I saw a 17 year old kid die at work once though. That will never leave me.
I did call 911 once, for a mexican on a construction crew, because he had sliced through his thigh with a giant concrete saw. But if I hadn't called, any number of people would have, so it doesn't really count. Still, if noone had called, he would have bled to death in short order.
I saw a 17 year old kid die at work once though. That will never leave me.
I did call 911 once, for a mexican on a construction crew, because he had sliced through his thigh with a giant concrete saw. But if I hadn't called, any number of people would have, so it doesn't really count. Still, if noone had called, he would have bled to death in short order.
I was working at a barge manufacturing plant. It was a horrible job, we had to take drop lights and slag hammers into barges to clean them.mrd wrote:What happened with that?R00k wrote: I saw a 17 year old kid die at work once though. That will never leave me.
He was standing on top of one of the barges one morning, ready to get started. His partner on the ground plugged in his light, and he just went stiff as a board, leaning against the steel cable "safety" rails around the boat.
I was only about 15 feet from him, but was on top of a different barge, with a 25 foot drop between us so there was nothing I could do. It took about 10 seconds for another guy on his crew to start performing CPR, but it didn't do any good. His lips were already blue.
Hell, it could have been the same light I used the day before - we just grabbed them out of a bucket every morning. They never found a bare spot in the wire or anything, but that place was a constant safety hazard. People got injured there nearly every week -- but they had a sign at the front of the property that said "Safety First: XXX working days since the last accident." And they just kept changing that number, every day, even though I saw a guy fall off a barge and break his back; and a guy have his leg broken by a falling beam.
Needless to say I was only there for a couple days after that. I would have been gone sooner, but I really needed the money, and I was young and stupid.
Re: Have you ever saved anyone's life?
...two times...one from drowning, offshore...(he died from an OD several years later)...shame...he was a good friend until he got lost...tnf wrote:Have you ever saved anyone's life?
...emergency first aid to a child shot by his twin brother (accident, the father left the gun loaded in the house the kids got home from school, home alone, started fighting over who was going to have it first)...kids doing fine...
i saved a girl from drowning when i was on holiday in spain, she was like 4 and i was 11.... not even a blowjob 
i dont particulary want to see a dead body though, so everytime i see someone collapse or something bad happen ill try to avoid going anywhere near it unless i can be of some use (like if i see other people running over to help him ill jus walk on by)
i dont particulary want to see a dead body though, so everytime i see someone collapse or something bad happen ill try to avoid going anywhere near it unless i can be of some use (like if i see other people running over to help him ill jus walk on by)
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