restored faith in humanity

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There have been many threads that have shown the nastier side of humanity and the news is always full of shocking incidents so I though I would share what happened last night to restore my faith in humankind.

Driving home last night a bad accident happened right in front of me, 3 cars involved, one being hit head on at over 70mph.
In this car was a young lady who managed to walk away from the wreckage but then collapsed on the hard shoulder complaining of back and neck pain. I made her lay down, covered her with my coat and held her hand and babbled inanely to calm her down.
Two other chaps also stopped and helped me to calm the young lady down.

After around 5 minutes we had got the lady comfortable and warm and calm, 3 total strangers just doing their bit to help someone that they did not know.
An off duty paramedic pulled up and offered his assistance, him and his wife took over and laid down next to the lady and did what they could to help.

The emergency services arrived within 10-15 minutes and calmly and coolly took over.
The motorway was cleared of the wreckage and re opened within 5 minutes. The ambulance crew were superb and very caring and gentle, I have not seen such professionalism and duty of care before. Everyone is quick to criticise the Emergency services but what I saw last night was brilliant. I would like to thank the Emergency services, we all take them for granted but I could not do what they do every day

The police had a chat to us all, told us there was no more we could all do and let us on our way.

The bit that restored my faith was the way that total strangers stopped and helped just because they thought they should .:)

It not a bad old world really:thumbs:
 
Ah, that's nice to hear birdy. As you say, all to often people are critical of the Emergency Services (of which I'm a member) and take them for granted. Although I'm hundreds of miles away, it's comments like yours that makes me proud to do what I do and it's all worth while.

Well said buddy and well done in your actions at the locus too:thumbs:
 
BRASH said:
Ah, that's nice to hear birdy. As you say, all to often people are critical of the Emergency Services (of which I'm a member) and take them for granted. Although I'm hundreds of miles away, it's comments like yours that makes me proud to do what I do and it's all worth while.

Well said buddy and well done in your actions at the locus too:thumbs:
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I second that from Brash well done & good of you to share :thumbs:
Paul
 
PaulBoy said:
I second that from Brash well done & good of you to share :thumbs:
Paul
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BRASH said:
Ah, that's nice to hear birdy. As you say, all to often people are critical of the Emergency Services (of which I'm a member) and take them for granted. Although I'm hundreds of miles away, it's comments like yours that makes me proud to do what I do and it's all worth while.

Well said buddy and well done in your actions at the locus too:thumbs:
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My pleasure, very scary experience, was shaking like an old twin tub.:D
Don't know how you do it everyday:shrug:
I just hope the young lady was OK
 
Ah well done Birdy :) it is so nice to hear a story like that, definitely restores ones faith in humankind after all these horrible things we hear all the time! :D
 
Gave me goosebumps :)

I love it when things like that happen.
Not car crashes, they're hideous, but when people come together to help because they're good kind people.

Rather than walking past and doing nothing.

In reading a few months back, there was a homeless man, p**sed out of his head, stumbling around, not able to stand up.
I didn't know what to do, and I was with a few friends. We stood nearby in case something terrible happened and we needed to call emergency services, and a young lady in a suit came and knelt beside him. She gently pried open his hands and took the cider, thankfully he didn't notice, and she just sat with him. We were stood there for a good 10 minutes, and she just sat beside him talking to him.
It was ever so humbling.
 
Well done Robin :clap:
 
Good to heart there were helpful people on scene. I had to deal with one a couple of years back, a guy in a Scooby Imprezza lost control and hit an underpass wall at around 60 with no braking whatsoever. He was in a pretty bad way, unconcious and unfortuanately his head was in such a position that it was cutting off his oxygen.

I had to sit in back seat of the car and slightly support his head so he could breathe. I`d shut the two lanes off with my recovery van, I can quite honestly tell you that those five minutes were the longest I`ve had! I`d never been so pleased to hear a siren...

In the end, I had to stay and assist the paramedics until they got the neck collar on.
 
This is the sort of thread that is a joy to read!

What a wonderful thing you did for this lady, just purely out of kindness, care and consideration, together with the others that helped her too. :)

Situations like this restore one's faith in mankind.

Quite similar to when someone, even ourselves, may be feeling a bit down one day, say for example we happen to pass someone walking down the street.....you happen to look up, they give you a lovely smile, and then this often just makes you feel better in spirit for a short while.

As they say, "Actions speak louder than words", and this is sooo true.

What a lovely thread to reminisce over at Christmas time. :thumbs:
 
Thanks for everyone's kind comments.

Makes you think and realise that we can all make a small difference

A Merry Xmas to you all:thumbs:
 
good man. its the kind of thing any of us SHOULD do. but sadly some would deem it someone elses problem.
i stopped to assist at a bike accident on the way out of matlock some years ago.
other than turn off the guys bike , and try to offer comfort, there wasnt much i could do. but it made me feel better knowing i,d done what i could.
he came and found me some months later in matlock to say thankyou .
new bike and newly mended broken leg.suprised he recognised me. bought me an ice cream too.:D
 
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