Motorists rescue woman, sister from burning car

[WoodysGirl]

HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. (AP) — Passing motorists who saw smoke billowing Thursday from a stand of pine trees along southern Mississippi's Interstate 10 rescued a woman and her disabled sister trapped inside a wrecked, burning sport utility vehicle.

Fifteen to 20 motorists, including a photographer for The Associated Press, came to the aid of the women Thursday afternoon in Hancock County.

Photographer Gerald Herbert said the rescuers pulled the disabled woman from the wreck first, but getting the driver out was difficult.

"No one had fire extinguishers," Herbert said. "We were all sure she was going to perish. The sounds of her screams and the sight of the fire inching closer to her, that was the most horrible and helpless feeling I've ever felt in my life."

Read the rest: http://news.yahoo.com/motorists-rescue-woman-sister-burning-car-003231865.html

 

[burmafrd]

Next time some city moron talks about rednecks, he needs to look at this.

How much you want to bet in the city she and her sister would have burned and no one would have lifted a finger?

 

[ethiostar]

Next time some city moron talks about rednecks, he needs to look at this.

How much you want to bet in the city she and her sister would have burned and no one would have lifted a finger?

That's a bit of an exaggeration, don't you think?

 

[WoodysGirl]

That's a bit of exaggeration, don't you think?

To put it lightly...

Two guys rescued a woman from a burning car on the Sam Houston tollway in Houston about a month or so ago. I posted the article here, then, too.

Doing right isn't a regional thing.

 

[iceberg]

Next time some city moron talks about rednecks, he needs to look at this.

How much you want to bet in the city she and her sister would have burned and no one would have lifted a finger?

how many times do you find a stand of pine trees in the city?

 

[CoCo]

That's a bit of an exaggeration, don't you think?

Some people can just tell. It's a gift I suspect.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

How did that hose just appear?

 

[WoodysGirl]

How did that hose just appear?

The hose was on the back of a cement truck according to the story.

 

[burmafrd]

That's a bit of an exaggeration, don't you think?

not at all

Especially in large cities

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

not at all

Especially in large cities

How many large cities have you lived in Marine?

How many times have you seen people walk by a similar situation and not help?

 

[iceberg]

not at all

Especially in large cities

where all the pine trees hang out.

 

[hairic]

That's a bit of an exaggeration, don't you think?

Not really. See: Bystander effect.

It shouldn't be meant as an affront to city folk, rather an affront to the average person. People in cities just experience it more often as there's more people in cities.

 

[iceberg]

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