Navy Seabees Help Rescue Family Dangling in Car Over Bridge

[O. Lyles]

http://www.ksee24.com/news/video/Navy-Seabees-Help-Rescue-Family-
Dangling-in-Car-Over-Bridge-137544453.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p09l5wcyhcc

It looked as bad as a road accident can look, the first calls to
fire department dispatch made that clear. "Engine 31 will be at
a vehicle that's teetering off the bridge with three patients in
it at this time."

A terrifying scenario, 36-year-old first grade teacher Kelly
Lynn Groves was pinned in the mangled wreck of her car along
with her two young daughters, the truck that had struck her had
plummeted to the ravine a hundred feet below, it's driver killed.

A fire captain said to his chief, 'We need a heavy duty forklift
to secure that vehicle, but ours is 45 minutes away."

"Unbelievably, that's exactly what passed by at exactly that
moment. Only it didn't belong to the fire department, it
belonged to the Navy Seabees."

"Amazing." The Seabees nodded at their lucky timing and got to
work.. so the extraction teams could do their job:

"We said, 'we do have this forklift that's capable of picking up
11,000 pounds, we sure could hold up that car and save those
lives that were trapped in that vehicle."

First to be removed, 10-year-old Sage, the most seriously
injured; then 10-week-old Milo, with just minor injuries -- she
would be treated and released from the hospital; and finally mom
Kelly, like Sage with multiple fractures, but alive!

The Seabees said it was a job they were ready for.

"Put us in any type of situation, and we are trained to adapt
and overcome."

It took two hours and twenty one minutes from the start of the
rescue to the last victim pulled out alive. Intense and
unforgettable minutes for all involved... filled with the skill,
experience, courage and good luck, needed to make a miracle,
possible.

[The Real Bev]

On 02/02/2012 08:33 PM, O. Lyles wrote:

> http://www.ksee24.com/news/video/Navy-Seabees-Help-Rescue-Family-
> Dangling-in-Car-Over-Bridge-137544453.html
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p09l5wcyhcc
>

> ...

> The Seabees said it was a job they were ready for.
>
> "Put us in any type of situation, and we are trained to adapt
> and overcome."
>
> It took two hours and twenty one minutes from the start of the
> rescue to the last victim pulled out alive. Intense and
> unforgettable minutes for all involved... filled with the skill,
> experience, courage and good luck, needed to make a miracle,
> possible.

It's what they do... Damn!

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Cheers, Bev
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[bill]

Now people keep telling me that actions of this nature by the US military
are illegal.



--
William Black

Free men have open minds
If you want loyalty, buy a dog...

[The Real Bev]

On 02/03/2012 07:47 AM, bill wrote:

> On Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:33:41 +0000, O. Lyles wrote:
>
>> http://www.ksee24.com/news/video/Navy-Seabees-Help-Rescue-Family-
>> Dangling-in-Car-Over-Bridge-137544453.html
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p09l5wcyhcc

...

>> It took two hours and twenty one minutes from the start of the rescue to
>> the last victim pulled out alive. Intense and unforgettable minutes for
>> all involved... filled with the skill, experience, courage and good
>> luck, needed to make a miracle, possible.
>
> Now people keep telling me that actions of this nature by the US military
> are illegal.

"Misuse of federal property" probably. I got dinged for that when I
worked at JPL because I put a grey metal 3-shelf bookcase on a grey
metal table. It was supposed -- nay, REQUIRED -- to be on the floor.

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[Patrick Scheible]

Are those people thinking of the Posse Comitatus Act? If so, they're
wrong. Posse Comitatus prohibits using the military within U.S. borders
for law enforcement. It does not prohibit the military from being used
for rescues.

-- Patrick

[David Lesher]

"O. Lyles" <oly...@smdslnospam.com> writes:

>http://www.ksee24.com/news/video/Navy-Seabees-Help-Rescue-Family-
>Dangling-in-Car-Over-Bridge-137544453.html

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p09l5wcyhcc

>"Amazing." The Seabees nodded at their lucky timing and got to
>work.. so the extraction teams could do their job:

The Bee's that worked for our group were of similar "Can Do" spirit.

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[Andrew Chaplin]

Patrick Scheible <k...@zipcon.net> wrote in
news:8639arr...@zipcon.net:

I think Mr. Black is pulling the leg with the bells on it.
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[bill]

Mr Chaplin is proving terribly perspicacious these days.

He's getting it almost all the time...

But if a traffic offence is prosecuted could the defendant claim in their
defence that as his or her life was saved by the military the
prosecution's case is flawed because the military made the prosecution
possible through their direct action?

[Dave Head]

On Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:33:15 -0800, The Real Bev
<bashl...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 02/03/2012 07:47 AM, bill wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:33:41 +0000, O. Lyles wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.ksee24.com/news/video/Navy-Seabees-Help-Rescue-Family-
>>> Dangling-in-Car-Over-Bridge-137544453.html
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p09l5wcyhcc
>...
>>> It took two hours and twenty one minutes from the start of the rescue to
>>> the last victim pulled out alive. Intense and unforgettable minutes for
>>> all involved... filled with the skill, experience, courage and good
>>> luck, needed to make a miracle, possible.
>>
>> Now people keep telling me that actions of this nature by the US military
>> are illegal.
>
>"Misuse of federal property" probably. I got dinged for that when I
>worked at JPL because I put a grey metal 3-shelf bookcase on a grey
>metal table. It was supposed -- nay, REQUIRED -- to be on the floor.

No kidding? I did exactly that same thing at a Navy base, Dahlgren,
and the managers there thought I was clever. Sounds like JPL was a
really lousy place to work.

[The Real Bev]

Caltech owns the facility but the feds pay the bills, so it was a
federal inspector. It was a good place to work if you were an actual
JPL employee -- they throw pots of money at you for retirement etc. --
but the contractors, with a few exceptions, were treated like serfs.

The contractors also generally got blamed for whatever spacecraft
malfunctions occurred.

They trade on the glamour factor and there are a lot of new grads
willing to take lower pay just for the glory. At least that's the way
it was during the 70s and 80s. No idea what it's like now.

--
Cheers, Bev
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