Some people are born to act and others not. What can I say? Another example involved my Dad. He is a ER doctor (retired). At any rate, traveling with my mother in rural up state New York. They came upon a accident. Four young girls driving in the fog slammed into the rear end of a tractor trailer. The car was a convertible and went underneath the ICC bar found on the underside rear of trailers. My dad stopped and assessed each girl. One was completely decapitated. The three others he tended to for OVER TWO HOURS waiting on emergency services. All others that stopped helped with what they had. Water, blankets, hold compression on a bad cut or just a voice for these young girls to listen to and keep holding on. My mother talked to each of them in turn and kept making the rounds until help arrived. One of the young ladies had a broken neck. She was his first and most concerned patient for him. Being such a rural area emergency services are not like a big city that is covered with ambulances. When they did arrive, they asked my dad who was the worst and who could wait a bit. He gave them what they needed and all three girls survived. When my folks finally reached their hotel room, my dad notice his new white shirt he purchased for the trip was covered in blood from top to bottom. He did not notice before because of the fog, rain and night time hours. I told my dad what is a $25.00 shirt compared to three girls who are still alive because of you? Made me very proud of my dad. He could have just kept going and been concerned for himself over a lawsuit if something went wrong under his watch. But, my dad being who he is threw caution to the wind like he usually does and dug right in.
Today I saw him off on the American Spirit to cruise the Chesapeake for a week. Gave him a nice bottle of Pinch Scotch for the cruise! Lucky dog!
Some people just have the instinct to take charge and make the decisions. I call it, Lead, Follow or get the "F" out of the way.
