Life after an accident

goodoleboy · Feb 13, 2005

[Qoute]I also enjoy sleeping - so going in my sleep wouldn't be bad.
If I go in my sleep are you guys gonna quit sleeping ?

I friend of mine died in an airplane crash... I never for one moment thought about quitting flying[/qoute]

What your comparing does not pertain to the question I asked as a close family member or friend is not the cause of the death..

Now If I hurt a family memebr or killed them caused by a machine I sure would think I would stay away from machinery. I love alot of things I use to love going to a cetain dance club with an exgirlfriend. But once we split it was never the same so i never went to that club.

texastomtom · Feb 14, 2005

Guess I got a little side tracked,,,,,

If I killed someone in that airplane,,,,, friend or family - or anyone for that matter - I would probably have some second thoughts..... The thoughts that would come to mind everytime I got near that airplane or whatever it may be would probably be overwhelming.

tom

texastomtom · Feb 14, 2005

GoodOleBoy

I'm just curious,,,,

Has something happened, were you involved in an accident and having to deal with it.... maybe a friend ... or just thinking out loud.....

I hope no accidents have visited you,,, just wondered what made you start thinking about it ....

tom

Av8r3400 · Feb 14, 2005

I lost my father in August of '95 to a light plane accident. I try to honor his memory by continuing to fly myself. Just my thoughts on the idea.

kdouthit · Feb 14, 2005

My wife is a deputy sheriff currently assigned as the Housing Sgt. in the county jail. On 4 January, she went into a cell to deal with a whining inmate. Basically the inmate was mad for losing his free time for not making his bed. She had him sit down on his rack, and explained to him the rules of the facility and that if he didn't like it.....don't come to jail.
As she laid the paper work on the desk, he jumped her. Her housing officer was there in 10-12 seconds, the response team in less than 30. In that amount of time he had given her 14 stiches in the head, too many bruises to count, and a discussion.

While she was out of work (2 weeks) several people called to find out when she was resigning. Her standard reply was "Resign, **** I just got my butt kicked, it's not like I lost an organ or something"

We talked a lot. She and I (power industry) accept more risk in our day to day life than the vast majority of people do, and it's that assumption of risk that in part makes us go back, that and the committment and responsibility we feel towards our team.

Don't get me wrong, policy, procedures, and safety manuals all need to be followed but sometimes things happen.

She has recovered and has been back in the jail since mid January. She has faced her attacker, and will do so again in court.

I think it all comes down to the fabric of the individual, and the lessons learned they can apply going forward. If she had decided she just couldn't do it anymore I would have been just as proud of her, as I am for her climbing back on the horse.

I understand and agree with the post "That's who we are"

Henro · Feb 14, 2005

In that amount of time he had given her 14 stiches in the head, too many bruises to count, and a discussion.


kdouthit,

Glad your wife got through that OK!

I do have to tell you though...if she considers that a discussion...I think I'll just bite my tounge and stop talking right now... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

rbarker · Feb 14, 2005

( In that amount of time he had given her 14 stiches in the head, too many bruises to count, and a discussion.)

I hope they give the gutless jerk another 10 year stretch to think about his manners. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif And maybe he'll suddenly become "accident prone"! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

PineRidge · Feb 14, 2005

I do have to tell you though...if she considers that a discussion...I think I'll just bite my tounge and stop talking right now...


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kdouthit · Feb 14, 2005

Discussion....................pretty bad slip on words. Don't feel bad, I'm beginning to worry if I need to be afraid of her. (Just kidding) Nobody can ever say she can't take a punch.

Meant to say concussion.

From what I hear, the ole boy is very clumsy.

The assult on my wife becomes his 3rd felony, so he should be going away for awhile.............