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From: " +Grant. " <+Grant@grant.grant>
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Subject: Re: My true story
Date: 13 Jul 2010 10:05:02 -0500
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In article <dain365acbtljnq81l5nig8rltjmpnf8i3@4ax.com>, NP-f31 wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Jul 2010 18:19:23 -0400, "Ulysses" <ulysses@astraweb.com>
> wrote:
>
> >a true story too
> >I was driving on my local street going home when i stopped at a four way
> >stop sign
> >I paused. Here comes a little boy about 8, riding his bike on the sidewalk
> >As he appoached the intersection, I paused longer to see which way he was
> >going
> >His front tire got off the walk and onto the lawn, which was lower than the
> >walk.
> >He tried to swing the handlebars back onto the walk, and fell over onto the
> >walk.
> >His head hit the walk, and there was blood
> >I said to myself "Oh my God, you poor little kid". I was in tears .
> >What do I do. After several seconds i did nothing but to go on home
> > If I stopped and got out of my car to help that kid, I could be in deep
> >shit trouble.
> >All kind of things could happen to me, the law, nosy neighbors etc, etc
> >You see, dear world, this is todays society. You cannot help any kid today,
> >no matter how serious it is. 30 years ago, I would have stopped, but NOT
> >today
> >
>
> Hi Ulysses,
>
> Your contribution makes me wonder how many boys have died from lack of
> assistance? There is no way I could put my own well being ahead of
> that of a child in need. Boy or girl.
>
> Concerning the atrocity that happened to my friend Grant, I am
> disappointed and angry. I would have immediately turned on the mother
> and asked her how in good conscience she could make such an
> accusation. What did she see me do to her son that would cause her to
> make such an obviously unfounded claim.? I would ask her what would
> happen if everyone treated first responders the way she treated Grant?
> I saved the life of a mother just like her who had been thrown through
> the windshield of the truck she'd been riding in. I blew breath back
> into her body. She survived because of the first aid I gave her. I
> lifted a pick up truck cab off of her son who was pinned between the
> highway pavement and the truck so someone could pull him free. I found
> the broken body of her husband who lay in a culvert barely breathing.
> I treated him until a paramedic relieved me. And then I went to her
> hysterical children and reported that their parents were alive and
> would make it. Which they did. I would have turned the tables on her
> and asked her how DARE she make such as vicious accusation? I would
> have pointed my finger at each one of the mob and shamed them into
> silence. Maybe her son only had a scraped hand, but no one knew that
> until I offered him first aid? What if his arm was broken, could she
> deal with that? What if he had sliced open a vein, could she deal with
> that? What if after being treated the way she treated Grant, he didn't
> help the next accident victim? What if he went on his way, stung by
> her hysterical rebuke? What if that little boy died because Grant
> didn't act? What if I had continued driving on that day? The little
> boy pulled from under a truck that day would have been an orphan. Is
> that the America she really wants? She would have been shamed, along
> with her hysterical neighbors and her son would be looking up at her
> wondering how the hell his mother could be so wrong about something.
>
> Doc
> NP-f31
I think you wouldn't do what you said you would do to the mother. I was
raised to not yell at women. I couldn't do that. I think it's the same
for you. Still, it doesn't feel too bad thinking of doing it. LOL
--
Grant
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