Real-Life Emergencies

Easter morning–a time for chocolate-filled baskets and decorated egg hunts, or a celebration of the risen Savior? Regardless of your beliefs, 2016 initiated the annual Easter anniversary of an event our family will never forget. As unapologetic Christians, our lives revolve around our faith. Although we prefer to celebrate Easter morning with a fellowship breakfast…

Deer season, early bow hunting in the Adirondacks Mountains, 1992. I was in a hurry to get out hunting, and I brought 2 friends. We left my truck, and off we went into Sand Lake. Not long after, we had Tony stay on the trail, and Ron and I went to the lake. Within an…

While driving back work, I noticed a car that appeared to have made a slow speed impact into a telephone pole at an intersection near the entrance of the university I was working at. As I got closer, I saw that a male was removing an elderly woman from the car and laying her on…

As a volunteer medic at a County Fair for many years, and as an instructor trainer for First Responder courses, including emergency childbirth, I often joked with my (well trained) crew about how much fun it might be to deliver a baby at the Fair some year, and, preferably, in the Carnival! Imagine my surprise…

It was June 2021. I was driving home from work in Charleston, SC, taking an alternate route on my way home. I was waiting for traffic, third car in my lane, and I heard a motorcycle accelerating hard to come through the light. The car in position 1 in my turn lane turned left and…