Mark's Views, Perhaps — from behind my eyeballs
Well, I guess if you worked for Jeff Ellis and Associates, you could opt not to watch.
Or forfeit your job by rescuing the person.
Or jump in the water and pretend you have someone closer that needs rescuing.
Tomás Lopes took the second option above. Read it all
Jason, taking a break from his normal work:
A construction worker dangled from a heavy-duty chain supported by a crane to rescue a woman from the swirling waters of the Des Moines River on Tuesday afternoon.
The dramatic rescue was met with cheers from spectators who had gathered on the banks of the river and nearby bridges after the boat the woman was in went over the Center Street dam.
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Capt. Steve Brown, a spokesman for the Des Moines Fire Department, said rescuing someone trapped in the turbulent boil is “very rare.”
“We are trained for getting people out of those situations,” Brown said. “The construction workers definitely went well above and beyond.”
“She was getting beat up by the water pretty good – they didn’t think she had much longer to last.”
Brown said a rescue team from the fire department made multiple attempts to get close, but was unable to do so.
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When asked if he volunteered to be rigged to the crane, Oglesbee said he just happened to be wearing the harness. Joe Lowe operated the crane that suspended Oglesbee above the water.
“I just told her to hang on tight. I won’t let go,” Oglesbee recalled.
Toddler caught after falling 3 stories
| Two men were being hailed as heroes by police on Monday for catching a toddler who fell 40 feet from a home's third-story window.
Robert Lemire told the North-Andover Mass. Eagle-Tribune newspaper that he was talking on his cell phone Sunday evening outside a pizza shop in Lawrence, about 25 miles north of Boston, when he saw the toddler dangling from a window across the street. |
Inmates baby-sit tot found alone on highway
| A prison work crew kept a toddler safe after the child was found wandering alone on a rural highway, Maryland authorities said.
The six minimum-security inmates shared their lunches with the boy and played with him, while authorities spent hours trying to locate the 2-year-old’s relatives, a correction officer said. |
Thank you, Lord, for good news!