Frightening Experience
- wsherrick
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Good job. Dealing with the frightened and irrational is difficult. It sounds like you handled it just fine.
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Great job CK!
YOU, are the man!
MC everyone
YOU, are the man!
Now, THAT was funny!titleist1 wrote:I was just thinking....
The headline could read: Coal Burner Saves Asthma Sufferer!!
Al Gore's head would explode!!
MC everyone
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The Good Lord works in mysterious ways. Perhaps this his way of thanking the both of you. God Bless; Job well done.
Jim
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- Logs
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GREAT JOB !
There are still a lot of good people in the world. We tend to focus on the negative .
Good to hear news of people helping each other.
Let not mercy and truth leave thee : bind them on thy neck, and write them on the table of thine heart. So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of GOD and man.
Proverbs 3-3,4
Wishing you peace Merry Christmas
Logs
There are still a lot of good people in the world. We tend to focus on the negative .
Good to hear news of people helping each other.
Let not mercy and truth leave thee : bind them on thy neck, and write them on the table of thine heart. So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of GOD and man.
Proverbs 3-3,4
Wishing you peace Merry Christmas
Logs
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I just did what any decent human being would have done. Thanks for all the atta boys but I'm confident all of you would have done the same. I guess what surprised me was breaking down when telling my wife about it when the reality of it all hit me.
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And you did the honorable thing every hero does by quietly walking away after the paramedics were on scene.
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Good job Coalkirk! Great story!
Coal burner saves asthma sufferer....
I love this website!!!
You All Have A Merry Christmas!!!
-Don
Coal burner saves asthma sufferer....
I love this website!!!
You All Have A Merry Christmas!!!
-Don
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Nice Job,CK......You took the time to give a Damn ! Helluva Experience to go through.... You made a sound difference in and saved the Life of a Total Stranger! Hat's Off,Mate !
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My hats off to you as well. Thank god you heard her calling you. If you had my ears (damn tinnitus) just maybe you'd have missed that little voice. I'm glad you didn't for both of you.
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I "hear" that, I have it too, and 75% hearing loss in one ear....Huh??
First thing I hear every morning after the alarm.
First thing I hear every morning after the alarm.
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Terry: great job !
When I got home and told my wife what had happened, I broke down and cried. It was all pretty surreal. I hope she is ok"
I too have my emotions rise up and surprise me.. Seems like it happens more now as I'm getting older. I used to think I was odd or a wimp to have such strong, tearful emotional reactions telling a touching story, or reliving an important time in the past.
But I think I'm just a person that has more empathy for certain situations than some people.
I know that when things need to be done, I get right down to business. I'm even gruff and demanding, barking orders, when I see what needs to be done.. I've had to explain myself afterwards more than once for being really bossy or demanding.
And once the emergency is over, the emotions rush in. And can be overwhelming.
Being 'in control' or taking charge is part of my past and upbringing: I've been a pilot for over 40 years, and my training with various companies and airlines always revolves around emergencies. We train what to do, and then do it.. acting it out creates 'muscle memory', and it works..
And there is the huge issue that the Captain of the flight, just like the Captain of a boat or ship is ultimately responsible for the safety of everyone on board.. and deep down we react to situations to minimize danger and damage.
I remember one training event where a new flight attendant was with us, this is for a corporation's flight department. This new flight attendant was about the dimmest bulb on two legs I've ever met.. I really think she had to think about how to do just about anything. Opening a door was a challenge, an odd knob or latch confused her for minutes.
But my point is that she had been through years and years of annual training from her previous employer. She shared that a few years earlier she was the flight attendant on a business jet that sucked up some birds leaving a coastal airport, and the plane ditched within less than a minute after leaving the ground.. She said she really didn't THINK about anything: she reacted to the situation as she had been repeatedly trained to do.. she barked orders, got the emergency window open, made sure everyone had their life preserver, and she did a head count both before and after the evacuation. Got everyone out, checked to see that the pilots were concious and getting out OK, she reported that the cabin was evacuated and there were no injuries..
All of us at the training event listened with slack jaws: we were amazed that this lady had accomplished the task so well.
When we though she would not be very good at her job.
Terry: having that emotional reaction just shows how human you are, and how importantly and seriously you saw the situation and how well you handled it..
My hat's off to you: this is NOT some 'trained-for' situation. This was pure gut level, clear thinking and correct actions..
As many have mentioned.. life works in mysterious ways.. what goes around comes around.. I'll be waiting to hear what comes around back to you..
Merry Christmas
Greg L
When I got home and told my wife what had happened, I broke down and cried. It was all pretty surreal. I hope she is ok"
I too have my emotions rise up and surprise me.. Seems like it happens more now as I'm getting older. I used to think I was odd or a wimp to have such strong, tearful emotional reactions telling a touching story, or reliving an important time in the past.
But I think I'm just a person that has more empathy for certain situations than some people.
I know that when things need to be done, I get right down to business. I'm even gruff and demanding, barking orders, when I see what needs to be done.. I've had to explain myself afterwards more than once for being really bossy or demanding.
And once the emergency is over, the emotions rush in. And can be overwhelming.
Being 'in control' or taking charge is part of my past and upbringing: I've been a pilot for over 40 years, and my training with various companies and airlines always revolves around emergencies. We train what to do, and then do it.. acting it out creates 'muscle memory', and it works..
And there is the huge issue that the Captain of the flight, just like the Captain of a boat or ship is ultimately responsible for the safety of everyone on board.. and deep down we react to situations to minimize danger and damage.
I remember one training event where a new flight attendant was with us, this is for a corporation's flight department. This new flight attendant was about the dimmest bulb on two legs I've ever met.. I really think she had to think about how to do just about anything. Opening a door was a challenge, an odd knob or latch confused her for minutes.
But my point is that she had been through years and years of annual training from her previous employer. She shared that a few years earlier she was the flight attendant on a business jet that sucked up some birds leaving a coastal airport, and the plane ditched within less than a minute after leaving the ground.. She said she really didn't THINK about anything: she reacted to the situation as she had been repeatedly trained to do.. she barked orders, got the emergency window open, made sure everyone had their life preserver, and she did a head count both before and after the evacuation. Got everyone out, checked to see that the pilots were concious and getting out OK, she reported that the cabin was evacuated and there were no injuries..
All of us at the training event listened with slack jaws: we were amazed that this lady had accomplished the task so well.
When we though she would not be very good at her job.
Terry: having that emotional reaction just shows how human you are, and how importantly and seriously you saw the situation and how well you handled it..
My hat's off to you: this is NOT some 'trained-for' situation. This was pure gut level, clear thinking and correct actions..
As many have mentioned.. life works in mysterious ways.. what goes around comes around.. I'll be waiting to hear what comes around back to you..
Merry Christmas
Greg L
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Terry,
Awesome job!! Like a number of others have already mentioned, and I'm sure many times in the future , you will look back and wonder ......... . " Why at that exact moment was I on that balcony ?"
Merry Christmas ! And thanks so much for sharing your experience with us.
Paul
Awesome job!! Like a number of others have already mentioned, and I'm sure many times in the future , you will look back and wonder ......... . " Why at that exact moment was I on that balcony ?"
Merry Christmas ! And thanks so much for sharing your experience with us.
Paul