man collapses and dies mowing the lawn. firefighters return and finish mowing lawn

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2738612/Firefighters-finish-mowing-lawn-wife-husband-collapsed-died-half-way-job-leave-note-her.html




a huge act of kindness, the firefighters of Bayton, Texas finished mowing the lawn for a wife whose husband had collapsed and died of a heart attack half way through the job.

On Tuesday, paramedics responded to a 911 call for a man who fell ill while doing the chore.

However, after they had taken the man to hospital firefighters returned and began to mow the lawn and when they had finished they put the lawnmower away and locked up the garage.

They also left a not behind to comfort the man's wife.

[Beringia]

1. a nice deed

[Iggo]

2. Wow. That hurts my heart...in a good way.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. How thoughtful of them!

[Bette Noir]

4. I'm from California. I'd love firefighters with every fiber of my being

even if all they did was fight fires.

[roguevalley]

20. fire fighters in the family. I love firemen and EMTs. Loveliness happens every day. We must not

forget that.

[yuiyoshida]

30. Don't you think if

More Police were like Firefighters, it might be a better world? I think so..

[Jackpine Radical]

33. Ya know, that comment just gave me a flashback

to Madison, WI in about 1970 during the Vietnam War protests. Demonstrators would set trah containers on fire, the cops would call the Fire Dept, the Fire Dept would come & watch the trash fires so they didn't get out of control, & would maneuver their trucks so as to make it difficult for the cops to chase the demonstrators around. The firefighters were with us all the way.

[yuiyoshida]

34. I think many of them are like that today

They are more concerned with saving lives, and rescuing animals than some cops would ever do. Seeing a cop shoot a dog, is not something that a firefighter would ever consider.

[MH1]

41. Well ..... stereotyping goes both ways.

One of the wingnuttiest wingnuts I know is a volunteer firefighter. Yes to my knowledge he does a good job at it (he's hundreds of miles away now, thankfully, so I'm mostly guessing about that) but knowing his personality, it's all about his ego and self-image as "heroic". The guy also cheats on his wife, is a gun nut, and thinks Ronnie Raygun was the greatest president ever.

In general, firefighters are incredibly selfless and courageous for what they do, but given this one example I know, I wouldn't necessarily want the world to be run by them.

[oldandhappy]

5. Nice!

I am glad to learn of this. Best wishes to this fire department.

[polly7]

6. Awwwww

[jwirr]

7. That is called protect and serve beyond the call of duty.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

8. :') teary eyed. n/t

[sheshe2]

9. Got something in my eye~

I love them!

[Barack_America]

10. People who want to help people become firefighters.

People who want to bully and boss people around become cops.

At least this is what I thought as a child.

We have firefighters in my family.

[hifiguy]

27. All of this times a brazilian.

[Ed Suspicious]

11. Decency. Cops should take note.

[Celebration]

12. my son in law is a firefighter

A lot of their job is public relations. Once he saved a bunch of ducks stuck in a drain. But lots of their work is pretty sad, comforting the families of accident victims, etc.

[seabeyond]

15. kids a couple years old, i worked on introducing them to their community. the police had no

interest in interaction at the convenience store. i was surprised and disappointed. but the firemen at the grocery store. always, they would stop, chat with boys. i would tell them, ask what is for dinner. it was great. a couple times walking by their truck, they would put the boys up in it. yes... they are about community.

[Liberal_in_LA]

18. a few years ago fire fighters saved a dog caught in the river on live tv. got criticized

By a few scrooges who questioned putting effort into saving dog. They explained that if they didn't save the dog, regular folks would try

[seabeyond]

13. wow. i love love. firemen are the best. nt

[WhiteAndNerdy]

14. I love stories like this. Thanks for posting it. nt

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

16. I've had good and bad experiences with firefighters

A couple of years ago a neighbor called paramedics when she saw me act in a lethargic manner after too much insulin (I'm a type II diabetic). I told her I was okay after taking some sugar pulls. She nonetheless called 911 against my desires. The paramedics came and were complete assholes. I told them I was allright and that my blood sugar was on the way up (it was at 80). One of the paramedics insisted I go to the hospital and refused to accept my explanation that I did not call 911. He wouldn't even let me walk across the room of my own house to get my shoes and said I was a danger to myself and that when blood sugar was at 80 or below, he could force me to go to the hospital against my will. He uttered a chain of expletives at me and said he would call the cops and have me arrested. I told him to go ahead and he didn't. He just ganged up with the others to force me into an ambulance. He continued to yell at me uttering expletives after every word. The ER was two blocks away and I spent three hours there and ate a ham sandwich as my blood sugar went above 180. I walked home. Three weeks later I received a nice $2,000 bill for the two-block ambulance ride. Some paramedics are as bad as bad cops.

[ret5hd]

29. well, except for that part where they...

were actually trying to help rather than shoot/taze/beat you.

[Liberal_in_LA]

40. that's horrible

[brewens]

17. We had some jackwagon write an angry letter complaining about some of our firemen playing

tennis. This particular crew decide that when they were on call, they could just as well take their truck up to the nearby high school tennis court and play a few matches. They have their radios, they were 1/4 mile from the firehouse, I say, no harm no foul. Leave it to some crank to ruin it for some good guys.

[DRoseDARs]

19. When I worked at one area gym, we had a fire crew regularly workout on-shift...

Same thing: All had their radios on and on them. If a call involved their crew, they stopped what they were doing and dashed out immediately. One time, an older female member was grumbling within earshot while I worked as they came in to work out. They'd been in not a minute when they received a call. They were out faster than they came in, and that shut her up.

In both cases, it's actually a required part of their duties: Staying in shape. They have to lug around a ton of equipment when suited up, plus be able to carry a victim/comrade out of a burning building.

[rufus dog]

21. I just don't get it

I could see if they wee playing water polo, ice hockey, or tackle football, where they would have to potentially change before getting on the truck. But Tennis or Basketball puts them in the same position as sitting on their asses watching TV.

When I was in my mid twenties I thought I wanted to be a firefighter. Then I realized I couldn't handle it. Not the physical aspects, the mental. Could you imagine the anxiety waiting for the alarm to ring? The only way I could make it through a day is to be active the entire time, to keep my mind off of what might be next. There is a reason fire trucks are so damn clean.

[BrotherIvan]

22. I LOVE the firemen who helped my mother

Once when she fell and they took her in the, chief spoke to me on the phone and went and visited her. Every time they came they were always respectful and nice. They are definitely the good guys and women.

[polly7]

23. We shared the same work-out area with firefighters during part of our training

in a smallish city in SW SK. They were kind, helpful ..... and fun. We had a bit of a rivalry when it came to calls, they always seemed to beat us to them and were very well trained themselves in EMS. I've never met one that wasn't absolutely dedicated to doing their utmost to help in every way possible. Good, brave people who amaze me with their selflessness, and this is a wonderful story. So sad for the deceased man's wife. I hope their act of kindness helped her in some small way.

[BlueMTexpat]

24. Random acts of kindness like this

make me proud of humanity!

Good on these and any other individuals who "pass it forward."

[hifiguy]

25. Firefighters are among the best

humanity has to offer. No one ever ran in fear from a firefighter save possibly an arsonist. Cops could learn a lot from their example. But they never will.

[msongs]

26. amazing nobody stole the lawnmower before they came back to finish the job nt

[raven mad]

28. Just as my faith in humanity was falling to a new low, here comes this post.

Crying tears of joy and thanks. Firefighters are awesome!

Thank you so very much!

[Enthusiast]

31. Aw, geez.

Dirt in my eye.

[MissDeeds]

32. Acts of kindness always make me tear up

This is such a wonderful example of the quiet, everyday heroes who are often overlooked.

Thanks for sharing this, Lib in LA. Much needed good news.

Huge K&R

[DamnYankeeInHouston]

35. I believe those evil fire fighters are in Baytown, Texas.

I don't think there is a Bayton, Texas. Baytown is just east of Houston.

[LiberalEsto]

36. Cops might have shot the lawn to smithereens nt

[EC]

37. The guys that took my Mom to the hospital emergency

sent a sympathy card. Hand signed by them all with a little note.

[imthevicar]

38. Good Men.

The Police would have most likely Shot the mower and Billed the Widow for the Bullet.

[toby jo]

39. All class.

I had to call a volunteer dept once for a chimney fire. I finally got it out about 2 minutes before they arrived, but it tore everything up. Turns out the stove a friend gave me had a design flaw and there was a lethal creosote build-up.

They may not have stopped it, but I was eternally grateful because I knew they were coming. I was running around the house taking things I thought I should save outside, and coming back in and throwing water up the chimney, then back outside….for what seemed like forever. The extinguisher spent itself, just kept thinking, 'help is on the way, they're coming.' And they did. Great guys. I tried to give them all some money at the station but they wouldn't take it, so I just gave it to the station. I think they got a sprayer for grass fires.

[mnhtnbb]

42. One of the firefighters that responded to the fire that destroyed our house

gave my husband a pair of sneakers off the fire truck.

It was 4:30 in the morning when we ran out of the house, so, as you can imagine, we were
in our sleeping attire. None of us had any footwear.

[marym625]

43. Nice

Thanks for sharing this

[RagAss]

44. Lots of good folks in the world.

[Liberalynn]

45. How nice!

[Hamlette]

46. my wonderful story about firefighters

my mom had a stroke while driving home from the grocery store. They took her to the hospital, found her address in her purse in the car, drove her car to her house, used her keys and took her groceries in the house and put what needed to be refrigerated in the fridge. Then they left her car and took her purse and keys to her in the hospital.

We arranged to meet them all to thank them. They were so grateful they took us on a ride in a fire engine (my 5 year old grandson was with us but we all loved it.)

We sure and make a small effort to thank them. They said it hardly every happens and invited the brass and their friends to the meeting. Sweet.

[Liberal_in_LA]

47. great story. wow. they went above and beyond