Today it is only the amazing stories.
You have probably heard of this story but this is an absolutely amazing video.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/09/sawyer-glacier-break-off-video_n_922888.html?icid=main%7Chp-laptop%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk1%7C221507
Now that is what I call an exciting tour for tourists!
Speaking of water the following is just an amazing story. Can a 12 year old boy that doesn't know how to swim spend twenty minutes in the ocean, much of it underwater, without breathing equipment and survive?
http://www.chinookobserver.com/news/truly-a-miracle/article_2128ad0c-c2df-11e0-b3fe-001cc4c03286.html
Quoting just part of the story:
"She related that Nicole said that once she reached him, she placed him on her board, laid on top of him and grasped the sides of the board to secure him as they were hit by the waves and pulled out further into the water."
In a follow-up story the doctors send that the time the boy was on the board out of the water was one of the reasons he survived. It was also reported that on Thursday morning he was taken out of intensive care and his condition was updated to "fair."
From the amazing video to the amazing story of survival to the amazing response. Are you a quick thinker? I want to be as quick thinker as the senior citizen in the story from The Edge Column in today's Oregonian:
An Oregon "senior citizen drove his brand new Corvette convertible out of the dealership. Taking off down the road he pushed it to eighty miles per hour, enjoying the wind blowing through what little hair he had left. Amazing he thought as he flew down I-5 pushing the pedal even more."
"Looking in his review mirror, he saw an Oregon State Trooper, blue lights flashing and siren blaring. He floored it to one hundred miles per hour. Then a hundred and ten miles per hour. Then 120. He thought to himself, "What am I doing? I an to old for this." He pulled over to wait for the trooper."
The trooper got out of his car ad walked up to the Corvette. He looked at his watch. "Sir, it is Friday and my shift ends in thirty minutes. I don't want to write a ticket because it will keep me at work an hour or more after my shift. If you can give me an excuse for speeding that I have never heard before I will let you go."
The older gentlemen paused, then said "Three years ago my wife left me for an Oregon State trooper. I thought you were bringing her back."
"Have a nice weekend."
You can read the Oregonian's edge column daily at:
http://blog.oregonlive.com/edge/index.html
Have a great Friday!!
QUOTES
Margaret Mead authored yesterday's quote. "I do not demand equal pay for any women save those who do equal work in value. Scorn to be coddled by your employers; make them understand that you are in their service as workers, not as women." was said by a well known woman born in 1820 and died in 1906. She was a prominent American civil rights leader who played a pivotal role in the 19th century women's rights movement to introduce women's suffrage into the United States. She traveled the United States and Europe, and averaged 75 to 100 speeches per year. She was one of the important advocates in leading the way for women's rights to be acknowledged and instituted in the American government. On November 18, 1872, She was arrested by a U.S. Deputy Marshal for voting illegally in the 1872 Presidential Election two weeks earlier. Her trial took place at a Ontario County courthouse in New York, before Supreme Court Associate Justice Ward Hunt. Justice Hunt refused to allow her to testify on her own behalf, allowed statements given by her at the time of her arrest to be allowed as "testimony," explicitly ordered the jury to return a guilty verdict, refused to poll the jury afterwards, and read an opinion he had written before the trial even started. The sentence was a $100 fine, but not imprisonment; true to her word in court ("I shall never pay a dollar of your unjust penalty"), she never paid the fine for the rest of her life. Who authored today's quote?
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6 comments:
That calving glacier definitely made for an exciting tour! I wonder what was with the person who hit the deck. Did s/he just trip, get knocked down, what?
Amazing story about the surf rescues, the brave girl with her boogie board, and the boy who "drowned" and seems to be coming back.
Very funny trooper/oldster story!
Calving glaciers can create a certain amount of excitement (wry s). I've been to Tracy Arms, have seen the Mendenhall Glacier calve (from a save distance). It's truly a phenomenal sight. I'm amazed there wasn't enough warning to get everyone inside the boat.
The surf rescue story has lots of heroes. What quick thinking on the part of the young girl. So glad to hear the little boy is coming back.
Hi Pat
The first report on the glacier had no injuries and that the ship was far enough away from the glacer to enjoy it. So I am guessing the waves caused by the glacier knocked the woman down.
The brave little girl also almost drowned. They interviewed her and she was just as cute as a button. She said she wasn't a hero and when she went back to school she might tell everyone she almost drowned but she isn't going to tell anyone that she saved a life.
Both mom and I thought the trooper story was funny. The Edge is a pretty good column. About half the time they are over the top. The rest of the time they are pretty funny.
Bill
Hi DR
When I saw the glaciers were in Alaska I wondered if you had ever been near the area they were mentioning in the story.
The surf rescue story is amazing on several levels. Usually anyone under water that long dies and if they don't die they suffer brain damage. This little guy is expected to make a complete recovery.
Bill
PS
We had a cousin that worked for the State of Alaska, I keep forgetting to ask if you ever ran across Helen Donohue in your dealings with Alaska.
Helen Donahue - the name sure sounds familiar, but I can't place her. Do you remember when she worked there and where she might have worked, like what department?
Hi DR
She worked for the governor and I am guessing but it would have been between the years of 1970-1990 some where in there.
Bill
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