Posted on 09/05/2012 10:49:13 AM PDT by Gamecock
They say as of Tuesday evening, he is still in the hospital but that he's expected to be okay.
There's no question he is lucky. He backed over a fence, and his car was completely submerged in his neighbor's pool.
What's supposed to be in a backyard pool?
A kick board, maybe, but certainly not fence posts.
And definitely not a Chevy Impala.
"I heard a big bang and I decided to come out on my steps and look in my yard and there's a hole in my fence and a car in my pool," said Tom Cheffro, of Malden, Mass.
It was about 2 p.m. when an 85-year-old man lost control of his car in his own driveway, scraping the side of his house, taking down the electrical box, knocking out power, pulling down the lamp post with it, even cracking a window.
Tom Cheffro did not see any of that happen in his neighbor's yard.
He just saw his pool, knowing he had to think fast, that the car was about to sink with his neighbor inside.
Tom says he reached in, got the man's seatbelt off, then pushed the open car window down and yanked the man out as water was filling the car.
The driver's legs were stuck under the steering wheel, but somehow he got him out.
Tom's clearly a reluctant hero.
"He's kind of lucky that I was here," Cheffro said. "I feel okay. I'm happy for him. I would hope somebody would do it for me, if God forbid, you know."
The car was towed out of the pool, and as other neighbors looked on, they sang the praises of the man who clearly saved the day.
"Tom is just a great neighbor and he stayed very calm. You've got to give him a lot of credit, he saved the man's life," said neighbor Emily Murphy who called 911.
The fence is boarded up, and an electrician is fixing the driver's house.
All things considered, this could have been much worse.
He must have been in some hurry to make it to the Diplomat’s Club.
Yep, close enough. My guess was in the 90's before reading.
The Kennedy family is warming up for Taylor Swift,
Quite a different outcome from Chappaquiddick when Teddy Kennedy left Mary Jo Kopechne to drown.
He was on his way to renew his drivers license.
these days, even with 20/20 vision, its an honest mistake...BWAHAHAHAHAH !!!
Enough of the Kennedy imitations
Well, we did it! We made Free Republic!
Our colors are the Blue and Gold
Our war cry MHS
Such stories of our might are told
that they fame n’er grow less
Bring us to victories as of old
give us leaders, player, coaches bold
who will cheer, cheer, cheer and will
fight, fight, fight
for the wearers of the Blue and Gold
Malden, fight on forever-ever
lead us into the pool....hey
your name is famous in song and story (like this one)
and we will ever keep it so
the ties that bind us
will never sever-sever
mem’ries give us might
the Blue and Gold of Malden
will ever lead us in the fight!
: )
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