(CNN video link)
This intense video was shot as a group of neighbors and passers-by rescued a mother and her two children from their burning SUV in Milwaukee. The mother and baby daughter were brought out first, but the son was trapped. Two off-duty firefighters, John Rechlitz and Joel Rechlitz, as well as off-duty police officer Mark Wroblewski went to work to extract 4-year-old D.J. Harper as the back of the car burned fiercely. D.J. suffered second and third degree burns, but is expected to make a full recovery. Link -via I Am Bored
Anyone else wondering how long it took the guy with the camera to get it and get back instead of oh say getting a fire extinguisher or similar?
and anyone else get some smoke or some other irritant in their eye?
I dont understand the impulse the guy had to film this situation. Luckily he captured a heroic moment but if one thing went differently he would have filmed a little boy burning to death.
As for the guy filming.. Not like he could really do much else. He would've just been in the way if he had tryed helping like some of those idiots standing around there.
As for the people standing around....The space to manuever was small for one thing. So I would happily allowed someone who is experienced (like a firefighter) take over and do the job. They certainly would know better of how to handle the situation. If a childs life is in danger, we would all do what we could to help, even if means letting more experienced people do the job.
It's an amazing footage, very rare to have all those people gathered and someone videotaping it. I'm just glad everyone's okay.
This is why heroes get our respect. They don't stand around waving their hands helplessly, shouting for somebody to help. They take action immediately.
"Chapeau!"
The firemen did it because they KNEW what to do, and were fittest to perfom, but I believe, from watching this video, that any one of those people, any one of YOU, would have tried their hardest to do what the firemen did if there were no one else. They weren't fat loud stupid losers. They were scared and wanting to help.
This video is a praise of humanity.