Who here, has saved the life of another?

[Cranky]

Worked for a steel mill about 75 working as a overhead crane operator. The mill was shut down for some needed maintenance and there wasn't very many on the floor this day. I had come down from the crane to go take a dump otherwise I would have just ran down to the end of the building and peed off the crane. I had just removed one of the roll table guides and put it on the floor for welding. He wanted it stood up and not laying down on the floor so he could get good access to all the points that needed welding. This thing was pretty big so standing it up should have been ok and he had been working on it for a good while but while I was in the crapper, this thing somehow fell over and he ended up underneath it with it laying across his pelvic area.

When I walked out of the crapper, I saw two others trying to pick it up off of him but weren't able to.....and one of them noticed me at about the same time I realized what was going on and waved me over. Man, that thing was heavy and was surprised that the 3 of us were able to left it at all. Another guy pulled him out from under it and just in time because we weren't going to be able to hold it much longer. Don't know if it saved his life or not....

Ditto, at least you're not a condescending fanatic. I am glad to not be liked by someone in your Networking group. Keep Religion in the Blue areas, like ****, swearing and politics and respect the thread topics.

I am tired of the fanatical stalkers. It is a perpetual problem and I finally drew a line in the sand. My apologies to the bystanders.

Like ****? Keep it in the Blue Forum? Fanatical stalkers? Really? You're sounding fanatical with all what you just said.....

 

[F4R/T]

Ordinary folks are really extraordinary . There is a heroes among us, some see it some don’t .. Thank God for them!

 

[1STMP]

Like others posted, I too saved a young girls'
life from drowning.
I was kicking back on the river bank watching
a group of roughhousing guys trying to
push each other off a dock that extended out
quite a ways into the river.
In all the commotion, no one noticed the little
girl being bumped off the dock.
She couldn't swim, and I could see the panic
on her face each time she struggled to the
surface.
I jumped in and swam over to her. I'm not
a trained lifeguard and didn't have any Idea
how to approach this situation.
I will tell you the the strength of a little girl
in full fear for her life caught me by surprise.
She managed to get on my shoulders and
clamp those tiny arms around my neck.
I couldn't get her off of me.
I knew trying to swim like this would be
impossible.
I stopped struggling with her and figured the
only way to save both our lives was to sink
to the bottom and get my feet on the river
bottom. I walked (both of us under water)
up the bank and out of the water.
She didn't wait for me to set her down,
but instead, jumped to the ground, and
ran to her mother, who was completely
oblivious as what her little one just went
thru.

 

[Scott Engelhardt]

They say that you can have superhuman strength at times. My girlfriend and I were sitting by the pool of the hotel I was staying in while in training. This little fella about 4 when flying by us into the pool, his father right behind him. I watched then for a minute or two thinking they were playing then it hit me, neither could swim. I guess I was in the pool in a flash pulling the little boy from the bottom and handing him to my GF. His dad was about the size I am now 250. At the time I was 185. I was told that while treading water I grabbed the big dude one handed and tossed him on to the pool deck. I was sitting on the edge of the pool before I even had a chance to think. I was trying to replay things in my head when a couple of college guys came over with some towels. They just kept saying dude you tossed that big guy out of the pool like a nothing at all. I still to this day don't remember much. I do remember all the hugs I got from everyone at the family reunion they were attending, the steak I ate with the gift certificate they gave me, and the hotel manager saying you should have not done that, we could have lost 3 guests.

 

[Ron H]

As long as Religious Zealots can interject their beliefs into my posts I should be able to return the favor. I have no issues with Religion, just the self appointed experts.

I’d have to guess that the gal you saved and those who love her, were thanking God you were there pard.

 

[chtampa]

I’d have to guess that the gal you saved and those who love her, were thanking God you were there pard.

Save it, I just deleted all my posts rather than to play the game.

 

[moparedtn]

Like others posted, I too saved a young girls'
life from drowning.
I was kicking back on the river bank watching
a group of roughhousing guys trying to
push each other off a dock that extended out
quite a ways into the river.
In all the commotion, no one noticed the little
girl being bumped off the dock.
She couldn't swim, and I could see the panic
on her face each time she struggled to the
surface.
I jumped in and swam over to her. I'm not
a trained lifeguard and didn't have any Idea
how to approach this situation.
I will tell you the the strength of a little girl
in full fear for her life caught me by surprise.
She managed to get on my shoulders and
clamp those tiny arms around my neck.
I couldn't get her off of me.
I knew trying to swim like this would be
impossible.
I stopped struggling with her and figured the
only way to save both our lives was to sink
to the bottom and get my feet on the river
bottom. I walked (both of us under water)
up the bank and out of the water.
She didn't wait for me to set her down,
but instead, jumped to the ground, and
ran to her mother, who was completely
oblivious as what her little one just went
thru.

Dear Lord, what an incredible story! Did either of them ever wind up thanking you later at least?
(By the way, that was how I discovered I couldn't swim - I kept hitting bottom ).

 

[moparedtn]

They say that you can have superhuman strength at times. My girlfriend and I were sitting by the pool of the hotel I was staying in while in training. This little fella about 4 when flying by us into the pool, his father right behind him. I watched then for a minute or two thinking they were playing then it hit me, neither could swim. I guess I was in the pool in a flash pulling the little boy from the bottom and handing him to my GF. His dad was about the size I am now 250. At the time I was 185. I was told that while treading water I grabbed the big dude one handed and tossed him on to the pool deck. I was sitting on the edge of the pool before I even had a chance to think. I was trying to replay things in my head when a couple of college guys came over with some towels. They just kept saying dude you tossed that big guy out of the pool like a nothing at all. I still to this day don't remember much. I do remember all the hugs I got from everyone at the family reunion they were attending, the steak I ate with the gift certificate they gave me, and the hotel manager saying you should have not done that, we could have lost 3 guests.

That's yet another amazing story. I love these "testimonies"!
This thread is going to be full of such great stories, the kind I wish we saw on the nightly news instead of the usual
drivel and sensationalism.

 

[f569]

I never trained to work in the ocean, just a pool. I'm sure not as difficult as a beach job.

I will tell you the the strength of a little girl
in full fear for her life caught me by surprise.

Early in that training this very thing was done to us on purpose and I can only speak for myself but the course took an abrupt turn into dead seriousness.
I can only imagine the terror you must have felt, real world, and you kicked ***.
Doing what you did was how we were trained to deal with that. SUPPOSED to make them let go.

 

[moparedtn]

I have not actually saved a life like a superman. However, I have given good advice to people that if they do that stupid crap that they intend to do, that they could die! I don't know if they ever took heed of my words or not, I never saw them there afterwards! Not much of a story I know!

You cared enough to make the effort. More than a lot of people would do these days...

 

[Ron H]

Save it, I just deleted all my posts rather than to play the game.

I’m not a very religious sort; but never one to make any absolute determinations about things I don’t know about one way or the other. Some of this pertains to what has stuck in my head over the eons and the world of **** we’re in. Been said God gave man free-will and the majority of misery around the planet IMO, IS manmade. Such as one pos in Russia and others creating genocide. Well, just a couple glowing examples out of many.

So, your *** hairs are on fire over a few friendly nods to you including mine and tell us to **** off. Anyway, I’d guess what I said was probably accurate.

Lol, you sound like one miserable asshole.

 

[Thrashingcows]

I'm a commercial trucker and drive in the north of BC...anyway years ago it was winter with slippery roads and I was slowly pulling a long hill and cars were zipping by me on the double lane, well one car was going by around a curve to fast and spun out, hit the opposite shoulder then flipped and rolled upside down into the ditch. I came to a stop and ran over...car was smoking and dripping fluids, couple other people were there as well. We brute forced the door open, driver was conscious but dazed and trapped in the seat belt, someone wanted to cut the belt but I pointed out that they would land right on their neck...so I slid in feet first and lifted my body up to hold the driver while someone cut the belt...then carefully slid out with the driver resting on me. We got her out and to a safe distance then the car caught on fire!

 

[1STMP]

Dear Lord, what an incredible story! Did either of them ever wind up thanking you later at least?
(By the way, that was how I discovered I couldn't swim - I kept hitting bottom ).

No acknowledgement. Her mother was
totally oblivious as to what happened and
was actually eyeing me in a suspicious
manner, after seeing her daughter jump
from my shoulders. I would guess the
little girl to be about 7-8 years old.
I don't know if the little one conveyed
the occurrence to her mom.
I was 16 at the time.
(I couldn't swim either with desperation
clamped around my neck).

 

[kiwigtx]

I too have experience here......sadly I only have a 67% success rate.

Some of my close friends here know the story of the one I couldn't save. And to this day, some 10 years on, I still have nightmares about what happened that one fateful day.

 

[Skytrooper]

I have saved quite a few. Both during my time in the military and as an EMT. It is the ones I couldn't save that haunt me.

 

[junior340]

I watched the car in front of me slide of the road in the snow down a cliff 30 ft or so. I pulled over and it was wrapped around a tree on it's side, I climbed down there and there were 4 girls in there all piled on each other crying and bloody but alive. One by with each others help we were able to get them all out. Last one I pulled her arm out of socket, that was not a nice sound or feeling but she is alive to thank me now.
There were people all over by this time helping us back up the canyon.
I feel good about it all.

 

[moparwacko]

Like Kiwi, I don't have a good success rate.
I don't share this with too many people but here goes.
I was a Journeyman Lineman working for an Electric utility in 99.
We were working an overnight storm and finished one job and were driving to the next one. We were going approx 60 mph when all of a sudden he shouted my name and said "grab the wheel I can't see" and he immediately slumped over. He was driving. It's quite interesting getting a 15 ton bucket truck stopped when you're not driving, but did. The rest is a blur at times, but somehow I got a 6' 240 guy out of the truck and off to the side of the road and did CPR. You haven't lived until you've done CPR by yourself for 30 minutes. Sadly he didn't make it and it wasn't until a few days later his widow told me his aorta ruptured, all the CPR in the world wouldn't have worked. When someone literally dies in your arms it has an effect on you. To this day I can take you to the road where it happened, right down to the crack in the road where I did CPR.
As far as saving a life, I'm not directly responsible but did save/stop 3 or 4 Lineman from doing incredibly stupid things. We are our brother's keeper. One Lineman now retired recently told me he would not be here and enjoying retirement if I didn't scream at him to put his gloves on that day. He had just forgot where he was.
End of tale

 

[GetX'd]

You be the judge if this is a qualifier. First off I’m no hero. I simply did what I did via my extensive training kicking in at a time of need. I’m an extensively trained scuba diver - I’m a licensed Master Scuba Diver with many, many specialty licenses under my belt - Also inclusive of a Certified Rescue Diver. I’m qualified to support and aid police or fire underwater rescue missions - which unfortunately often includes searching for, and recovering dead bodies. I have certifications in Hi Altitude, Ice Diver, Deep Diver, Night Diver, Underwater Hunter, Underwater Navigation, Rescue Diver and a myriad of others that I can’t think of at the moment. None of that has to do with anything other than to say I’m well trained by one of the best trainers PADI has to offer - Dan Forbeck was my Master Instructor/ trainer for 90% of my skills training - and he forgave no mistakes. It was done 100% right or it wasn’t done. Do it again, and again etc.

My little story has to do with a dive I was on in Bermuda. All divers know you must map out the physics of your dive plan in advance which includes formulas of depths, times, nitrogen bleed off points etc. So I’m on a planned 70 ft dive with a group of total newbies that just learned the scuba basics in a pool the day before (that’s a never do thing). Of course there was an experienced Dive Master leading the dive. Visibility was forever that day in the warm waters off Bermuda. So I’m tooling along enjoying myself - but as trained - pretty much taking up the rear of the group and watching the inexperienced newbies for any potential issues. So I notice this one guy had hit the 70 ft depth and his tank was leaking oxygen. Well he notices it to and gets scared and starts to head for the surface - not as trained - which would be very slowly always being below your oxygen bubbles at a leisurely pace - stopping at the preplanned bleed off points for Planned amount of time at each one. No - Instead this guys has totally lost his cool and is jetting for the surface like his pants were on fire. The reasons for all this slow surfacing and nitro bleed off points is 1) Oxygen compresses when you’re at depth and begins to expand when your begin to start your surface journey. If you go to fast the oxygen will rapidly expand the faster you surface and in all likelihood you’ll blow out your lungs. 2) The nitro bleed off stops are to ensure you’ve done just that - if not you’re likely headed to a decompression chamber with a bad case of the bends.

Well my story ends with me seeing this guy beelining for the surface from 70ft of depth - let go - serious things would have occurred. I made like an underwater bullet towards him - grabbed him by his BCD vest - stopped him there and looked him squarely in his eyes and gave him the divers calm down - slow down signals. I held him for a moment until I saw his eyes lock on to my eyes then gave him my octopus/buddy breather, took him back down to depth and slowly started to bring him to the surface - stopping along the way for bleeding nitro off and eventually to the surface. When we got to the surface he was scared shitless but safe and extremely grateful. I then explained everything to him and advised before his next dive he take PADI or US Scuba School training courses - which if he was so trained likely none of that would have been necessary.

I have other such stories - one much harrier that took place at 13,000 ft in the Rockies - Ice Diving with a Master Instructor who was not trained in ice diving - under 3 ft of ice surface. When you ice dive you go in thru one hole cut in the ice and you have no choice but to come out thru that same hole. A long story for another day - but that Master Instructor blew his mind down there and went nuts trying to get out. I’ll leave it at this he got out - but only because he was with me. A number of safety protocols were not followed by others in the chain - which could have easily led to 2 unnecessary deaths. Training kicked in - there were none.

 

[1STMP]

GetX'd,
Impressive resume! Yes, I would say that
occurrence would qualify as a life saving
event.

 

[Roger63]

Like Kiwi, I don't have a good success rate.
I don't share this with too many people but here goes.
I was a Journeyman Lineman working for an Electric utility in 99.
We were working an overnight storm and finished one job and were driving to the next one. We were going approx 60 mph when all of a sudden he shouted my name and said "grab the wheel I can't see" and he immediately slumped over. He was driving. It's quite interesting getting a 15 ton bucket truck stopped when you're not driving, but did. The rest is a blur at times, but somehow I got a 6' 240 guy out of the truck and off to the side of the road and did CPR. You haven't lived until you've done CPR by yourself for 30 minutes. Sadly he didn't make it and it wasn't until a few days later his widow told me his aorta ruptured, all the CPR in the world wouldn't have worked. When someone literally dies in your arms it has an effect on you. To this day I can take you to the road where it happened, right down to the crack in the road where I did CPR.
As far as saving a life, I'm not directly responsible but did save/stop 3 or 4 Lineman from doing incredibly stupid things. We are our brother's keeper. One Lineman now retired recently told me he would not be here and enjoying retirement if I didn't scream at him to put his gloves on that day. He had just forgot where he was.
End of tale

I've had several guys get wire blind, I didn't let them work anything energized. We did mostly new construction.