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To: Paleo Conservative

Yes and several years ago I did this I pulled kids out of a car that had a fire under it..the driver fell asleep at the wheel and the other car was down a ditch. Another driver came by and put the fire out and left. I tried to get the mother out but she was so large and had a compound fracture of her leg so I held the door as shut as I could to keep her from falling out of the car. It was a heart stopper for sure.


26 posted on 12/21/2008 10:25:17 PM PST by celtic gal
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To: celtic gal
Yes and several years ago I did this I pulled kids out of a car that had a fire under it..

About 18 years ago I stopped at the scene of an accident, within a minute of its happening, where a woman was trapped in the cabin of an overturned pickup truck. I encouraged the others there to wait till the volunteer fire depart came and let them remove the woman who didn't appear to have any immediately life threatening injuries. She probably wouldn't have been trapped if she had worn a seat belt. Another passenger in my car noticed a man (an illegal alien based on his minimal knowlege of English) smoking a cigarette on the other side of the highway. While there was no fire in or near the overturned pickup, I did smell gasoline fumes. I went over to the man and got him to put out his cigarette. The dumb thing was he put it out on the ground where gasoline vapor is most likely to settle.

Fortunately the fire department arrived quickly and were able to extract the woman safely from the truck.

27 posted on 12/21/2008 10:42:16 PM PST by Paleo Conservative (Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.)
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