Three police officers got off the first one and a couple of paramedics got off the second one, which was also equipped with a wheeled stretcher, just like those used with ambulances. Something was up!
Seconds later the door leading to the skyway opened and a couple of individuals with "Charlotte Fire Department" emblazoned on their shirts entered the gate area. We had a "full house" of emergency responders in the gate area now - a couple of them were already wearing the disposable gloves worn when treating accident victims. My guess was that a passenger on an inbound plane must have experienced some type of emergency during the flight and they were summoned to treat this individual.
Once a plane had landed, they rushed on board and reappeared a few minutes later, helping a middle aged woman walk to the cart and carrying her hand luggage. What seemed interesting was that the woman seemed perfectly capable of walking on her own, however they insisted she be strapped onto the stretcher, which was subsequently placed on the electric cart and they all zoomed off.
Minutes later, as the rest of the passengers were getting off the plane a very old woman emerged and another electric cart appeared to take her to Baggage Claim - a nice courtesy to an elderly passenger.
Interesting to see the degree of readiness these emergency responders exhibited.
It is good to know they are there, though I hope their services are not required often.
This is circulated in the Internet as a true story.
ReplyDeletePhillip Hewitson, an elderly man, from Norwich, UK, was going up to bed, when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom window. George opened the back door to go turn off the light, but saw that there were people in the shed stealing things.
He phoned the police, who asked "Is someone in your house?"
He said "No," but some people are breaking into my garden shed and stealing from me.
Then the police dispatcher said "All patrols are busy. You should lock your doors
and an officer will be along when one is available."
George said, "Okay."
He hung up the phone and counted to 30. Then he phoned the police again.
"Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people stealing things from my shed. Well you don't have to worry about them now because I just shot them." and he hung up.
Within five minutes, Six Police Cars, a SWAT Team, a Helicopter, two Fire Trucks, a Paramedic, and an Ambulance showed up at the
Hewitson`s' residence, and caught the burglars red-handed.
One of the Policemen said to Phillip, "I thought you said that you'd shot them!"
Phillip said, "I thought you said there was nobody available!"
Gianni, Xristos Anesti. Sou grafw apo tin periergws vroxeri Thessaloniki. Apo to blog toy Antoni eftasa na diavazw tis skepseis sou kai alithia me aggiksan poli. An kai ousiastika pote den eixame milisei pera apo ta tipika, m' aresei pou epikoinwnw mazi sou. Thimamai na paizw stratiotakia me ton Stephano, ateleiotes ores sto spiti sas stin odo Delphwn, tote mou fainosoun poli megalos (egw gennithika to '71). Kai stou Papagou pou erxomastan sinithws me ton Achillea kai ti Mimika (tous goneis mou) pali den eixame xrono gia ousiastiki epafi. Eida ton Stephano prin apo 2 ebdomades sto 424 sto stratiwtiko nosokomeio sthn psichiatriki kliniki pou eimai epimelitis kai ekei mas ekane mia omologoumenws poli kali etairiki parousiasi. Xairetw, Pavlos Ntafoulis
ReplyDeleteYG: mporeis na diavazeis ellinikous xaraktires; giati ta greeklish me kourazoun ligo...
I appreciate everybody's comments - Antoni, that's a classic!
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