"It was very touch-and-go for a while there," said Jason Hayes, a civilian who saw the man on the bridge railing and talked to him to try to keep him from jumping. "Very scary this morning."
"There were many times when he was facing outward," Hayes said.
Hayes was joined by Lt. Kevin Brenner of Queen Anne's County Fire Rescue, who was on his way to work. Brenner had a portable radio with him, and told the dispatch center that they needed extra help to prevent a suicide.
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Interesting to read this version of the story - which corroborates stories from fire and police monitors. Here we have traffic backed up five (5) miles while rescuers talked a man out of committing suicide. WBOC says there was "Police activity" on the eastbound span that backed traffic up two (2) miles.
ReplyDeleteGuess that's the difference between investigative reporting versus sitting around looking for words off the news services.
Thanks Joe for giving us a better, more accurate story.
Joe here is some food for thought. I hear the volunteer fire companies in Wicomico County are asking Bob Culver for more money so the volunteers can hire more people. Yes I said that right, volunteers want to HIRE more people. This means the volunteers will hire Paramedics to be employees of the volunteer fire companies. What happen to the spirit of volunteering? I heard they are whining because Bob Culver gives more money to the sheriff's office than he does to the volunteer fire companies. I and many others think that is a joke.
ReplyDeleteThe question of the day is: Do you support creating a new department to save lives such as Wicomico County EMS and let the employees be hired and fired by a paid EMS Chief? Keep in mind the county already doles out several million dollars to the volunteer fire companies and there is absolutely no accountability. Keep in mind that the majority of the counties in Maryland have paid county fire/EMS departments.
The question of the day is: Do you support creating a new department to save lives such as Wicomico County Emergency Medical Services?
11:20, WHERE do you get your numbers from???
ReplyDeleteThe MILLIONS you speak of comes from the STATE, not the County. The state gives the money to the County and they in turn send it to the Volunteers.
As for the spirit of volunteering, because of stations like station 16, (all paid, as an example) they are part of an accreditation, which means these organizations set new standards on VOLUNTEERS. You have to tip your hat to ANY and ALL Volunteers today who take a ton of their personal time to get qualified.
Now, when you look at what Obama did to our country and the economy, no one has the time to do all that training any more because they have to work two jobs just to survive.
By the way, I, (and I'm sure many others) wonder why YOU aren't a Volunteer?
Heroes every one who came to his aide.
ReplyDeleteIt is common for EMS personnel to be paid on the shore> I know one that makes a whopping $15 an hour to save your sorry hide when he's on call for other departments. Joe, my hat's off to you.
ReplyDeleteFirefighters have nowhere near the training EMS needs to even respond to a call, but both are truly Angels on Earth.