Saved a life

[Sooner or later]

Originally Posted by steveo12345

Anyone here save a human life? I did once and after it was all over I seriously have no idea how I was able to physically pull it off. You never know how you will react in a life or death situation until it happens. Then you don't even think about what you are doing you just act on instinct.

Yes, once at a car wreck. Long story. I stayed unbelievably calm.

[Evans, Marv]

Two or so years ago my wife was going to work (school). When I opened the garage door, there was a small tarantula hunkered against it (it was cold) right where she would have backed out and made tarantula butter out of it. I asked her if she wanted to take it to school for the kids to see. She said yes, so I put it into a glass jar. Of course it ended up as the classroom pet and was named "George." He gets a nice enclosure, crickets, grasshoppers, plants, places to hide, etc., and the kids love him. They brag how not other class has a tarantula for a pet. She takes him out once in a while and he crawls around on her hands, clothing, etc., and the kids love it.

[Sooner or later]

Originally Posted by Evans, Marv

Two or so years ago my wife was going to work (school). When I opened the garage door, there was a small tarantula hunkered against it (it was cold) right where she would have backed out and made tarantula butter out of it. I asked her if she wanted to take it to school for the kids to see. She said yes, so I put it into a glass jar. Of course it ended up as the classroom pet and was named "George." He gets a nice enclosure, crickets, grasshoppers, plants, places to hide, etc., and the kids love him. They brag how not other class has a tarantula for a pet. She takes him out once in a while and he crawls around on her hands, clothing, etc., and the kids love it.

Had one at the plant in Tyler. Named it Skippy because we caught him in an empty Skippy peanut butter jar. Lived for years.

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Originally Posted by steveo12345

Anyone here save a human life? I did once and after it was all over I seriously have no idea how I was able to physically pull it off. You never know how you will react in a life or death situation until it happens. Then you don't even think about what you are doing you just act on instinct.

my wife saved my life, I died in my sleep and she woke up to me doing the death rattle and did CPR on me for 10 mins until the paramedics arrived to jump start me

[oldE]

When I opened this thread, I expected to read about how you left the Mustang at home and took the bus to Cars and Coffee.
Much better than I expected.

Best
Les

[72doug2,2S]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

Adult swallows busily feeding the chick as I type.

Sometimes, simple stuff can make one feel really good...

And they'll remember you for that too. At least if you pester them like my brother did one summer. Every time he left the house they all dive bombed him. They never even looked at me.

[pete3799]

Originally Posted by oldE

When I opened this thread, I expected to read about how you left the Mustang at home and took the bus to Cars and Coffee.
Much better than I expected.

Best
Les

Made me laugh.


In the winter of 92 i had driven to N.H. to buy a snowmobile (slightly used Yamaha Phazer) and was on the way back home with the sled in the back of my pick-up when i rounded a bend and came upon a head on, car vs. pick-up, accident. Didn't witness it but was first on scene.
The women in the car was ok but the guy in the pick-up had gone of the road and rolled, maybe a few times, down into a hay field and was in bad shape. Ran back and drove my truck down into the field and grabbed a blanket to keep him warm and took my flannel shirt off and used it to stop the bleeding.
Seemed like forever before the EMT's got there. I assume he survived (he was coherent to whole time) but lost his right eye.

[gsxrken]

Years ago I saved a suicidal young lady; I managed to snag her by the belt as she stopped crying and just pushed off a bridge overpass and into the path of an oncoming train. I had her, dangling by the belt over the tracks… but with only one hand, leaning pretty far over the railing, and with her at probably 150lbs or so, I didn’t have the leverage/strength to pull her back over without maybe committing too far over the rail myself. At that moment a state trooper pulled in and together we got her back over the railing, and then into his vehicle’s (locked) backseat. Never did hear what happened to that poor girl.

[asphaltgambler]

Keep it coming!!

[Seahawk]

The amount of animal carnage a farm owner sees was a little daunting to me when I first moved to the farm nearly 25 years ago.

You save what you can (except Ground Hogs) and learn from your mistakes. Baby Rabbits are hard to rescue at certain stages. The Swallows are easy. We repatriate a few a year...they are hard over on a nest in my garage so I keep a door open in the summer. They are the most talented flyers on the planet.

We also get a lot of "drop offs": former pets that show up after their "owners" have decided they will survive in the country...at least one a year that makes it to us and survive...

The latest is Walter, a cat that showed up at my shop a few weeks ago. Big talker, Walter: "Ya Putz!", named after Walter Matthau.

I have found homes for every drop off but decided to keep Walter. We took him to the vet and were surprised to find that he was a "chipped" pet, meaning his info was on a chip embedded under his skin.

The owner said it was her husbands cat and that they have been divorced for ten years. She didn't want the cat any more than she wanted to talk to her ex-husband.

What are you going to do? Good cat, trying to fit in.



I have a few human rescues flying H-60's for the Navy. Easy stuff and they didn't need cat food after the rescue.

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by steveo12345

Anyone here save a human life? I did once and after it was all over I seriously have no idea how I was able to physically pull it off. You never know how you will react in a life or death situation until it happens. Then you don't even think about what you are doing you just act on instinct.

It is truly incredible what one can accomplish when there are no other options.

Rescued a lot of dogs and cats, older dog I have now was not supposed to make it because of parasites. He is looking good 4 years later though.

One time when I was a resident I got drug in to assist on an emergency surgery. Was at the hospital on a Saturday for some free food, because, they don't pay residents much. Almost out the door when one of the Filipina OR nurses sees me and says, "Hey, Doogie Howser, come with me." They called me that because I looked young. Go to the OR and there is this guy wearing street clothes with both hands inside this young woman's belly. They gown and glove me right quick, and he tells me to grab the bleeder. Belly full of blood, what bleeder? Feel my fingers, when I let it go, you will feel it pumping, pinch it until I get back. I am standing there, for what seems like forever before he comes back. Suctioned it, tied off the ruptured ectopic pregnancy, et voila, turns out she is not going to bleed to death. Amazing that you can lose that volume of blood and survive.

My better half has a knack for being first on scene to some pretty horrible stuff. Works out okay though, because she is just exactly who you are after when you have someone trying to die on you. Knows just what needs to be done and does it, quickly. Just as cool as the other side of the pillow when everyone else has their hair on fire, really uncanny thing to see.

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

The amount of animal carnage a farm owner sees was a little daunting to me when I first moved to the farm nearly 25 years ago.

You save what you can (except Ground Hogs) and learn from your mistakes. Baby Rabbits are hard to rescue at certain stages. The Swallows are easy. We repatriate a few a year...they are hard over on a nest in my garage so I keep a door open in the summer. They are the most talented flyers on the planet.

We also get a lot of "drop offs": former pets that show up after their "owners" have decided they will survive in the country...at least one a year that makes it to us and survive...

The latest is Walter, a cat that showed up at my shop a few weeks ago. Big talker, Walter: "Ya Putz!", named after Walter Matthau.

I have found homes for every drop off but decided to keep Walter. We took him to the vet and were surprised to find that he was a "chipped" pet, meaning his info was on a chip embedded under his skin.

The owner said it was her husbands cat and that they have been divorced for ten years. She didn't want the cat any more than she wanted to talk to her ex-husband.

What are you going to do? Good cat, trying to fit in.



I have a few human rescues flying H-60's for the Navy. Easy stuff and they didn't need cat food after the rescue.

A woman who doesn't deserve much. There ought to be a special place in hell for those who dump animals. Give Walter a scratch for Cindy & I, okay?

[Tishabet]

Originally Posted by steveo12345

Anyone here save a human life? I did once and after it was all over I seriously have no idea how I was able to physically pull it off. You never know how you will react in a life or death situation until it happens. Then you don't even think about what you are doing you just act on instinct.

yes, back when I was 15. Swift water boating accident left a father and a son canoe duo capsized and stuck/pinned inside a "strainer" on the river. My friend (14) and I were first on the scene and able to get them out without becoming victims ourselves. Got to attend a dinner with Barbara Bush as well as various other awards and recognitions out of the deal.

+1 to instinct and not knowing how you pulled it off.

[rusnak]

give this a watch.

I promise it will be worth it.

[Bill Douglas]

Not as impressive as you guys saves. But I was walking along a footpath and I saw a snail. I thought this little guy's not going to survive the day here, so I picked him up and put him over a fence onto someones lawn. Probably took three seconds. then I got in the car and drove into town. A car ran a red light going FAST, it was about ten meters in front of me, or if I was three seconds earlier it would have got me. So I always pick up snails off the footpath, I owe them LOL

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by Tishabet

yes, back when I was 15. Swift water boating accident left a father and a son canoe duo capsized and stuck/pinned inside a "strainer" on the river. My friend (14) and I were first on the scene and able to get them out without becoming victims ourselves. Got to attend a dinner with Barbara Bush as well as various other awards and recognitions out of the deal.

+1 to instinct and not knowing how you pulled it off.

Not to hijack, but each time Grant posts to a thread I've also responded to, I'm reminded of this cartoon:
(If it's not obvious, I'll be playing the Charlie Brown character)
- but I'm always glad to see his infrequent posts and I'm happy to have shared some experiences with him.