Saved a Homeless Guy Today

heRS · 01-17-2011, 07:56 PM

Was helping my best friend move some of her stuff in my pickup today. We're taking off from this intersection and a scruffy old guy wearing a backpack took a tumble on the side of the road. My friend was watching him and saying he couldn't get back up. At first we thought old drunk but then could see he really couldn't get up.
We called 911 and the 911 operator was telling my friend that "if he's walking we're not sending anybody over. That is a high-transient area, he is probably drunk. It's a waste of our time." We had turned around by this time and circled back to see if the old boy was up and moving. He was up but slumped over and hardly able to stay up. We stopped and asked him if he was ok - he was still wearing a hospital bracelet, he wasn't drunk, and he was having difficulty breathing, he had emphysema. He didn't want to sit down because he thought he couldn't get back up. He just got out of the hospital 2 days ago.
Dani literally had to argue with the 911 lady to send an aid truck over, but we waited with him until the paramedics & fire dep't got there. He was in distress, the paramedics said he probably would have checked out if we hadn't called them. I'm glad we turned around and went back. Poor old guy.

Good Karma or amazing coincidence - got in my old pickup and fired it back up, for the first time in forever the check engine did not come on.

*Mr. Wyndham* · 01-17-2011, 08:15 PM

Good for you!!!

Random acts of kindness are too rare today. Kudos to you for helping him out, you're a class act!!

Berean · 01-17-2011, 08:20 PM

What did you save him from?

PoorMansCamaro · 01-17-2011, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Berean

What did you save him from?

this is just a wild guess, but i'd say emphysema?

BigMatt · 01-17-2011, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Berean

What did you save him from?

death

PoorMansCamaro · 01-17-2011, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by BigMatt

death

Berean · 01-17-2011, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by BigMatt

death

I'm pretty sure that wasn't it since he's still going to die someday.

Russo · 01-17-2011, 08:29 PM

good job.. although karma isnt real, you can reap what you sew...

SSMOKINHOT · 01-17-2011, 08:33 PM

You are an angel!!

*Mr. Wyndham* · 01-17-2011, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by PoorMansCamaro

It's not all that funny...if you read the story, you'll see the paramedics said the man may not have survived very long from his apparent attack on the side of the street.

PoorMansCamaro · 01-17-2011, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Dragoneye

It's not all that funny...if you read the story, you'll see the paramedics said the man may not have survived very long from his apparent attack on the side of the street.

i read the whole story, hence my answer on what he was probably saved from. And i was laughing at the OTHER smart alec comment of "death". I'm pretty sure we were both using humor because the guy that asked, "saved from what", didn't read the whole post...

*Mr. Wyndham* · 01-17-2011, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by PoorMansCamaro

i read the whole story, hence my answer on what he was probably saved from. And i was laughing at the OTHER smart alec comment of "death". I'm pretty sure we were both using humor because the guy that asked, "saved from what", didn't read the whole post...

Ah!....you really ought to use subtitles when you subtly do things like that....I read to fast to catch it!!!

PoorMansCamaro · 01-17-2011, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Dragoneye

Ah!....you really ought to use subtitles when you subtly do things like that....I read to fast to catch it!!!

lol, i never understood subtitles...

TahoeCamaro · 01-17-2011, 08:59 PM

WOW! Good for you! But the 911 operator sounded like a real jerk..

01-17-2011, 07:56 PM	#1
heRS Raised by Wolves Drives: IBM 2010 2LT RS M6 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 5,981 View My Garage	Saved a Homeless Guy Today Was helping my best friend move some of her stuff in my pickup today. We're taking off from this intersection and a scruffy old guy wearing a backpack took a tumble on the side of the road. My friend was watching him and saying he couldn't get back up. At first we thought old drunk but then could see he really couldn't get up. We called 911 and the 911 operator was telling my friend that "if he's walking we're not sending anybody over. That is a high-transient area, he is probably drunk. It's a waste of our time." We had turned around by this time and circled back to see if the old boy was up and moving. He was up but slumped over and hardly able to stay up. We stopped and asked him if he was ok - he was still wearing a hospital bracelet, he wasn't drunk, and he was having difficulty breathing, he had emphysema. He didn't want to sit down because he thought he couldn't get back up. He just got out of the hospital 2 days ago. Dani literally had to argue with the 911 lady to send an aid truck over, but we waited with him until the paramedics & fire dep't got there. He was in distress, the paramedics said he probably would have checked out if we hadn't called them. I'm glad we turned around and went back. Poor old guy. Good Karma or amazing coincidence - got in my old pickup and fired it back up, for the first time in forever the check engine did not come on. __________________ Tori click the sig pic to view my build thread

01-17-2011, 08:15 PM	#2
Mr. Wyndham I used to be Dragoneye... Drives: 2018 ZL1 1LE Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 31,873 View My Garage	Good for you!!! Random acts of kindness are too rare today. Kudos to you for helping him out, you're a class act!! __________________ *"Keep the faith."* - Fbodfather

01-17-2011, 08:33 PM	#9
SSMOKINHOT obseSSed Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: May 2010 Location: In the garage doing mods!! Posts: 1,596 View My Garage	You are an angel!! __________________ Proud to be COTW 12/19/11 My build thread -----> http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140034

01-17-2011, 08:59 PM	#14
TahoeCamaro Drives: '10 Camaro SS/RS VR, '11 Tahoe LTZ Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Gulf Shores, AL Posts: 685	WOW! Good for you! But the 911 operator sounded like a real jerk.. __________________

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