A metallic gray Porsche pulled into the end of the street, towards me as I was standing in the middle of the road. At first I thought the driver was going to motion for me to "get out of the way" He rolled down the window on the metallic beast and leaned his head out... "Do you need a Doctor, Mate?" ...I was fine and I had things under control, I told him no and thanked him for his kind offer. As the Porsche's tail lights disappeared into the distance, the howling sound of an ambulance wail filled my ears... "Not long now, mate" The stricken rider looked up up me with an appreciative, yet pained look "Thanks, friend" he said...
This is not fiction, this was last night! I was standing in my lounge when I heard a large bang from outside the window on Old Brompton Road. I looked out and had dialed 911 before I had a full grasp of the situation. There were people running from all directions towards the fallen rider - when I say fallen, there was a car with its front smashed in and its horn stuck on sitting in the middle of the intersection. The rider, from where I was standing [One floor up and almost directly above him] was moving his limbs and his head - no spinal injuries one would hope. The phone came alive and the emergency services were on the other end "What service do you require" "...Ambulance" I replied, they too, were on the phone within seconds... we went through the scenario, me answering every question as if I were a CSI detective!... She thanked me and hung up the phone. Not more than 3 seconds later the phone, my mobile, was ringing... "Hi, This is the Paramedic Dispatcher, would you be my eyes on the ground?"... I had my shoes on and had run out and taken control of the scene, quite literally, within twenty second! I am not sure what came over me, but I had the road blocked off, the guy stable and not moving and people looking after getting details of the car involved.
He was ok, the bike was trashed... He'd run a red light [the motorbike] and a car had turned right, into his path... ***BOOM***
The paramedic asked me if I was a medic myself, I said no and asked him why... he said "you sound like one, son..."
Amusing [on my part] Nice to see people help [someone other than themselves] Crazy Times[Indeed]
2 comments:
dood your a hero (well quasi-hero)! well done for keeping a cool head and more importantly caring! stories like this that make me think I didn't make such a bad decision bringing a child into this world after all....there are still good people around who do the right thing! and have good instincts in a crisis
to put a dampener on things though it isn't always the case- my mum and dad were driving back from there holiday last week and got rear ended by a 4x4, they drive a small ford KA so it made a hell of a mess of there boot....the driver who was in the wrong didn't hang about to check if they were ok and sped off down the road......a-hole! no one messes with my parents...mmmmK grrr!
I guess there are good people and bad people......you are a good one...pat on the back dude...you deserve a beer!
Great that you kept your head & took control .. well done. I'm glad to hear the guys sounded like he was OK.
Ditto to Stu .. you are a hero and a very good person!
nnx
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