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HeroicStories #801: Assistance on Icy Ground
Reaching more than 37,000 subscribers in 118 countries, this is...
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HeroicStories #801: 5 June 2010 www.HeroicStories.com
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Assistance on Icy Ground Story Editor:
by The Bystander Joyce Schowalter
England, United Kingdom
One freezing November day I drove to the market along an icy road. As I
came around the corner, a motorcyclist was on the freezing ground, his
bike partly under a car. I joined the crowd of people surrounding him
hoping to help. He was bleeding, his left ankle and leg clearly broken,
and perhaps worse, he was struggling to breathe.
The man whose car had hit the motorcyclist was hysterical, yelling, "My
God, I didn't see him, I didn't even see him!"
Then a car pulled up, and a heavy lady with a stick hopped out. She told
her husband, "Get my first-aid kit and blankets." She put bystanders to
work: "Direct traffic around us." "Put out those cigarettes!" "Go to the
intersection and flag the ambulance." People were grateful to be useful.
She knelt on the icy ground and assessed the motorcyclist. He was in the
middle of an asthma attack, so she helped him use his inhaler, calmed
him and gave him a sense of safety. I could see his breathing improve.
She smiled, "I'm a nurse, I'm going to help you. Just be calm. The
ambulance will be here soon. Everything will be OK." She quickly
splinted his ankle and leg.
She turned to the driver of the car, and said, "He's OK, now go sit,
it's all right." The warmth of her words calmed the hysterical man.
When the ambulance arrived half an hour later, she handed over his care
and offered to call the motorcyclist's wife to meet him at the hospital.
I overheard, "Your husband is OK, no, he's fine, really, but he's been
in a little accident...."
As police spoke to the car's driver, with the ambulance on the way, we
all began to leave. Then I saw the nurse's husband helping her to her
feet, and supporting her as she struggled to walk back to her car. As he
walked around to his door, I asked her husband if she was OK.
"She has a spinal injury and is in constant pain, and kneeling on the
cold ground is about the worst thing for her," he said. "She'll be in
bed for a week now."
I asked why she stopped. He looked at me and said, "She's a nurse. She
couldn't possibly drive by anyone who needed her, no matter what. She
doesn't care about her own pain... well, she's a nurse, that's all."
She called him to the car. They waved goodbye.
About a month later, I saw the motorcyclist in a local coffee shop and
asked how he was doing. "Great!" he said, "You know that nurse saved my
leg? The blood flow to my foot stopped; she fixed it when she splinted
my leg. If we'd waited for the ambulance it would have been too late.
She didn't give my wife her name, do you know her?"
All her husband said, I replied, was: "She's a nurse".
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In keeping with our tradition, we bring you a guest editorial to
celebrate our latest HeroicStories milestone: our 800th issue! This year
we have not one, but two reader editorial authors.
Debbie in California writes: "I'm amazed we've had 800 issues! I've been
a subscriber since Issue #1. HeroicStories touches my life in ways not
obvious. I'm more apt to hold a door, pick up something dropped, or
offer dimes when someone comes up short at the cash register.
As a former story author, I believe we share our stories to inspire
others to make their corner of the world a better place to live. I hope
all subscribers to HeroicStories strive to be kind to others. Thank you
to Joyce, editors, workers and volunteers, authors, advertisers and
contributors, who all keep HeroicStories alive!"
Ian in Malaysia writes: "800 issues and over 10 years! In addition to
the emotional lift, HeroicStories plays an important role of
*inspiration* -- inspiring us to be better people, to treat others as we
would like to be treated, to be a hero to someone. Yes, we are not to
only applaud heroes, we are to BE heroes, with HeroicStories showing us
by example how we all can be heroes.
Many readers write that they were inspired to be a hero because of
HeroicStories. So go out and spread the word about HeroicStories, and
spread the good deeds -- join us in being 'Co-conspirators to Make the
World a Better Place!"
Joyce Schowalter, Networker in Chief
Co-Conspirator to Make the World a Better Place
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