Monday morning 07/11/11
It was a pretty quiet weekend in FreddyBeach, but not without its
highlights. I had a guy give me a $10.00 tip just for letting him in my
cab. He was having a problem getting a cab after the bars closed so he
yelled across the street at me "I'll give you ten bucks on top of the
fare to get me home!" I asked where he was going and it happened to be
right in the same area my passenger was going. I asked my passenger if
he minded and he said "no...not at all, the more the merrier" so he and
his friend piled in and off we went!
After I dropped them off I went back downtown and picked up 4 army guys heading back to base. They were fresh out of the military college in Kingston and down here on course. We were heading up Regent Street when all of a sudden we came across a guy standing in the middle of the road waving his arms wildly trying to get me to stop. I yelled back at him to get off the road, but he yelled back" there's someone laying in the road up there!"
Sure enough about 50 yards up the road there was a person laying in the middle of the street. I pulled up in front of the crumpled body and put my hazard lights on. The 4 army guys sprung into action, jumping out and assessing the situation. I grabbed my cel phone and dialed 911.
As I was talking to the dispatcher at 911, the 4 army guys were trying to get a response out of the man laying in the road. He was face down in a pool of blood, and surrounded by what appeared to be antifreeze from a cars radiator. He was not moving. I thought to myself this does not look good.
The dispatcher took my name and number and patched me though to the paramedic that was on the way down the hill. He told me he would be there shortly and said to cover the man and don't move him. I looked through my windshield and saw these 4 army guys picking this man up and moving him to the sidewalk!! I just shook my head and thought hello spinal cord injury!!
I looked up the hill and could see the ambulance weaving its way through traffic with all its lights going. I could hear the sirens of the fire dept paramedics coming from a different direction also. I looked at the 4 army guys to see what they were doing...2 were talking to the victim, 1 was talking to a by stander and the fourth was squatting down looking at the pool of blood and antifreeze. He must've thought he was a C.S.I. agent or a member of the accident reconstruction team for the city. Maybe he was gathering information on the scene so he could give the city police an informed report when they arrived. Again I just shook my head...
Once the ambulance and the paramedics and the police were on the scene, the four drunken french army guys were crowding around trying to give the police their informed opinion as to what they think happened. The paramedic had to tell them to stand back several times because they couldn't hear the injured guy talking. I looked at the cop and said "911 has my name and number the army guys are with me are we good to go?"
He looked at me and said "Yes by all means you are good to go, by all means get them out of here...please!"
I looked at the army guys and said in a raised voice "GUYS MOUNT UP WE'RE LEAVING FOR CFB RIGHT NOW!"
They all ran for the cab got in and closed the door. Once we were on the way the guy in the front seat looked at me and said in broken English "You stayed pretty calm through all that, is this the norm for a Saturday night in Fredericton?"
I looked at him and smiled and replied "No tonight was pretty quiet"
After I dropped them off I went back downtown and picked up 4 army guys heading back to base. They were fresh out of the military college in Kingston and down here on course. We were heading up Regent Street when all of a sudden we came across a guy standing in the middle of the road waving his arms wildly trying to get me to stop. I yelled back at him to get off the road, but he yelled back" there's someone laying in the road up there!"
Sure enough about 50 yards up the road there was a person laying in the middle of the street. I pulled up in front of the crumpled body and put my hazard lights on. The 4 army guys sprung into action, jumping out and assessing the situation. I grabbed my cel phone and dialed 911.
As I was talking to the dispatcher at 911, the 4 army guys were trying to get a response out of the man laying in the road. He was face down in a pool of blood, and surrounded by what appeared to be antifreeze from a cars radiator. He was not moving. I thought to myself this does not look good.
The dispatcher took my name and number and patched me though to the paramedic that was on the way down the hill. He told me he would be there shortly and said to cover the man and don't move him. I looked through my windshield and saw these 4 army guys picking this man up and moving him to the sidewalk!! I just shook my head and thought hello spinal cord injury!!
I looked up the hill and could see the ambulance weaving its way through traffic with all its lights going. I could hear the sirens of the fire dept paramedics coming from a different direction also. I looked at the 4 army guys to see what they were doing...2 were talking to the victim, 1 was talking to a by stander and the fourth was squatting down looking at the pool of blood and antifreeze. He must've thought he was a C.S.I. agent or a member of the accident reconstruction team for the city. Maybe he was gathering information on the scene so he could give the city police an informed report when they arrived. Again I just shook my head...
Once the ambulance and the paramedics and the police were on the scene, the four drunken french army guys were crowding around trying to give the police their informed opinion as to what they think happened. The paramedic had to tell them to stand back several times because they couldn't hear the injured guy talking. I looked at the cop and said "911 has my name and number the army guys are with me are we good to go?"
He looked at me and said "Yes by all means you are good to go, by all means get them out of here...please!"
I looked at the army guys and said in a raised voice "GUYS MOUNT UP WE'RE LEAVING FOR CFB RIGHT NOW!"
They all ran for the cab got in and closed the door. Once we were on the way the guy in the front seat looked at me and said in broken English "You stayed pretty calm through all that, is this the norm for a Saturday night in Fredericton?"
I looked at him and smiled and replied "No tonight was pretty quiet"
PLEASE DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE
posted by F.B. Cabby at 3:03 AM
5 Comments:
Freddy, the quiet nights are always the scariest for me....something always happens on the quiet nights...nice work bro.
Thanks King...Take care man!
We wouldn't mind if you sent us over a bit of work.
Good to have you back.
Not smoking I hope.
I like tales F. take it easy.
Things are kind of quiet around here in Pensacola Florida. Sometimes I wish there was a little excitement...just not that kind of excitement. Good story. Always like to hear what goes on in other areas.
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