Libralabsoldier
Hero Member
I was on my way home from a fishing and family weekend at my parents place outside of Tyler, TX. All of the sudden, traffic in 635 started swerving. I saw a car on its side. I did not think, I just pulled over, and started running. When I got to the car, there were five other men there. We got the lady out of the car, and stabilized her spine. She had a very serious scalp laceration. We moved her to the side of the road, and someone brought something to put under her neck.
I held her there, with a towel on the wound, and I talked to her and got her to keep talking. Someone was talking to the 911 operator as I talked to her. Someone gave me a bottle of water to wash her blood off of my hands and arms, and people stayed until the police arrived, even if they were not helping.
As the paramedics and the police got there, I looked up. I saw white faces, black, hispanic, and asians. I saw people of all ages, all concerned for this one lady laying on the side of a busy highway.
This is what I went to Iraq for. We may all disagree on every subject, come from very different backgrounds, but when one of our own is hurt, we drop everything and help.
That is treasure.
I am not posting this here to get praise. I just want everyone to think the next time they see someone stranded on the side of the road. Dont stop to judge them on what they look like, or anything else. Just help them. That is how we are going to get through everything.
I held her there, with a towel on the wound, and I talked to her and got her to keep talking. Someone was talking to the 911 operator as I talked to her. Someone gave me a bottle of water to wash her blood off of my hands and arms, and people stayed until the police arrived, even if they were not helping.
As the paramedics and the police got there, I looked up. I saw white faces, black, hispanic, and asians. I saw people of all ages, all concerned for this one lady laying on the side of a busy highway.
This is what I went to Iraq for. We may all disagree on every subject, come from very different backgrounds, but when one of our own is hurt, we drop everything and help.
That is treasure.
I am not posting this here to get praise. I just want everyone to think the next time they see someone stranded on the side of the road. Dont stop to judge them on what they look like, or anything else. Just help them. That is how we are going to get through everything.
