Oh my, Beth. A TN State Trooper told me his best day was coming up on an inverted mini van with 6 passengers. Mom, Dad and 4 children all hanging safely from their seat belts. They had skidded rooftop maybe 100 yds in snow and spun more then once missing trees along the way to a safe stop. Hugs all around as he helped each one to the ground. Tears.
A former co-worker of mine was an EMT for a few years. He quit after he was called to a semi truck accident. The truck tried to stop suddenly or hit a barricade, I can't remember which, but the trailer dislodged from the rigging and shaved the top of the truck off. He said when they were able to get into the upper half of the cab which was pushed over the barricade by the trailer. The driver was obviously deceased. His legs and hips were somewhere in the bottom half of the truck a few dozen yards behind.
EMT's. Heroes all of them. I have passed a few accidents where the deceased had not been covered yet and just those things alone stay in my memory. I can't imagine pulling half a human being out of a truck cab.
Beth. You had quite a career.
That was only for slightly over a decade, but I still have bad dreams about it. I can only imagine how cops and veterans are haunted.
Oh my, Beth. A TN State Trooper told me his best day was coming up on an inverted mini van with 6 passengers. Mom, Dad and 4 children all hanging safely from their seat belts. They had skidded rooftop maybe 100 yds in snow and spun more then once missing trees along the way to a safe stop. Hugs all around as he helped each one to the ground. Tears.
A former co-worker of mine was an EMT for a few years. He quit after he was called to a semi truck accident. The truck tried to stop suddenly or hit a barricade, I can't remember which, but the trailer dislodged from the rigging and shaved the top of the truck off. He said when they were able to get into the upper half of the cab which was pushed over the barricade by the trailer. The driver was obviously deceased. His legs and hips were somewhere in the bottom half of the truck a few dozen yards behind.
EMT's. Heroes all of them. I have passed a few accidents where the deceased had not been covered yet and just those things alone stay in my memory. I can't imagine pulling half a human being out of a truck cab.