Saturday, December 5, 2020

He sprang into action:

   Dave was sitting at the kitchen table, with coffee and the newspaper. I heard what sounded like shouting out front, so I opened the door to see a man lying under the rear wheel of a large metal-framed hay wagon, attached to a tractor. He was yelling for help. The rig was pulled off to the shoulder of the road, and seemed to be teetering. I ran to the phone and dialed 911 at the same time telling Dave there was a guy trapped under the wheel of his hay wagon.

     I called 911 and relayed the address and the problem. The person there asked how old the man was. I didn't know. He asked what the crossroads were. I  couldn't say. Dave, passing by, took the phone from my hand and shouted in his loudest voice, which was really loud, GET SOMEBODY OUT HERE, and hung up. He raced outside, opened the trunk of his car, took out the jack, and jacked the tire up so the guy could free his leg. The responders showed up shortly.


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