Eventfull Friday night!

jarhead

jarhead

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Feb 21, 2007
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Didn't have much time to post this earlier. Friday night we visited 83searay at the dock and had a little scare. One of the guys there fell off the dock and was face down in the water.
I was walking away when it happened so I didn't see him go in. A couple of the guys were throwing life rings at him and when I saw him face down and not responding I ran to the end of the dock with a neighbor's zodiac, thew it in and paddled by hand to him.
When i pulled his head up, he wasn't breathing so I tried to get him in the dinghy with no luck since he went about 280lbs. and the dinghy wasn't fully inflated. I was hanging on to him giving him chest compressions and after a couplr minutes of this while drifting up river he started breathing, but verry shallow. 83searay met me at the bridge with a line so he could pull us to shore just in time for the paramedics to get there.
He's out of the hospital now and doing good. I wish our boat was in already since it would have caught him!
After several calls to 911 with no answer, the Coast Gaurd was called on the radio and dispatched Milwaukee Fire Dept.(kind of a scary thaught).
As usual, the reporters had everything wrong, as did the police. The first article said he was "intoxicated" since we all had a few beers.

http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/94649689.html
 
Wow, he's a lucky man to have you guys there and so attentive! Great outcome for all.

The media makes a mess of everything...imagine how many errors get passed off as the "truth" in today's media...scary.
 
It must be a great feeling to have saved a life. I comment you effort and I am sure the person you saved is grateful beyond comprehension. As for the him being intoxicated, The news always throws that in if its any kinda accident and I think its wrong to presume this. You hear them say we are not sure if alcohol was involved. If they don't know they should not say.
 
Wow. Glad you had the clear thinking, conviction and training to save the day. Sounds like it was moments away from going the other way.

Media always screws up the story in favor of a good tale.

Paul
 
I couldn't have done it alone. I'm glad everyone pitched in. That zodiac now stays tied up next to the dock and ready to go. We have a great group here that help each other out with any problem.
 
Great job! Doesn't MFD have a rescue boat stationed in the harbor? Remember 911 from a cell phone in NEVER a sure thing!
 
The MFD boat would have needed bridge openings, but I'm surprised not one of the three police boats showed up. The fire department showed up with a little zodiac on a trailer.
 
Great work! I guess that guy owes you a couple beers now. He's lucky you were there. Strange that your dockmates were just throwing life rings to a man face down in the water.
 
I've been through much worse, but I keep thinking about it and what could have bee done different. We're still on the boat getting it ready, planning for other types of emergencies. I just hope it doesn't happen again!
 
That was an eventfull evening I must say, and a night I'll never forget. But here is the thing if you cant handle your liquor STAY OFF THE DOCKS.... Jarhead is a life saver and a good friend. We hope to have nothing like that happens again and looking forward to having a great summer in the sun.
 
Thanks for the compliments Steve, but as I mentioned earlier, I couldn't have done it by myself. If you wouldn't have been at the bridge with the line we would have needed another boat to get us and who knows how long that would have taken. Also, your wife's quick thinking of calling the Coast Guard on the radio after 911 didn't answer was a great idea. Everyone did their part and a man is alive because of it.
 
Good for you !! For saving him. :smt038. I know the feeling about being saved.[ Bug bomb ordeal ]. :smt021.
I thank Steve every time I see him for finding me on the dock passed-out from the fumes.
 
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Sounds like the Milwaukee Urinal type reporting I remember. Hey, here's to you this Memorial Day. Thanks for your service jarhead, DaNinja, and any of those I've missed.


A tribute to my Fathers service to his country​


I did not serve in the military though my dad did. He served on a submarine tender, the USS Orion, for 12 years. I never had to go to war though my dad has a ribbon for the Korean conflict. I don’t have any awards for bravery but my dad has a commendation from former secretary of defense, Donald Rumsfeld, hanging in his home. I have learned about duty, honor, and commitment from the man who served, respected, and avowed loyalty to his country. I am an American and my dad is a Patriot. Because of his service I live free. We both live under the flag of the United States. Him, as the giver of freedom and me, as the receiver of freedom.

How much more is my responsibility to uphold the way of life he has provided than those who would come in with no history of duty, honor and commitment? Those how would take without asking, live under the flags protection without serving, or raise a family in a land that their fathers never fought for.

Our land provides a path for the homeless, the down trodden and the politically and religiously persecuted. This path was laid by our father who had enough insight and moral responsibility to the world to understand the awesome blessing we must share. When this path is followed the sojourners who follow it are given every right provided by our constitution. My father fought for this right for them.

The Red, White, and Blue is the very symbol of the freedom provided by the constitution and paid for with American blood. It is by these very same rights that I make this proclamation to the word and to those who would berate and suppress my flag.

I will show, wear, paint on, or otherwise display my flag whenever, wherever, and however I please. If you don’t like it then talk to my dad and all those who served, fought, or died for that right. It is on their blood that I will fight for our way of life and our flag. I can do no less. I am a patriot’s son!

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