I met a man today. His name is Marcus. On my lunch break, I had the urge to go get slimjims and off I went because I just had to have them. On my way there, I noticed a man laying in the road and a bicycle. Everyone was going around him and I immediately pulled over and jumped out of my car.
He was trying to keep his head off the hot road but was talking about his neck and back hurting. His foot looked to be broken as well as it was stuck between the wires in the back wheel of his bicycle. He had been hit by a car and I sat there with him, had him rest his head on my leg while one hand kept his head still and the other blocked the sun from his eyes. Paramedics and fire rescue showed up and I stayed…and was even able to help get him into a neck brace and onto a back board.
Once he was on the stretcher, I grabbed his backpack and told the EMT his mom had called and to please let her know which hospital they were taking him to and we parted ways.
Originally, my coworker took this photo to show our boss as proof in case we were late back to work.. I had no intention of keeping it but I love how natural it was for me and how calm I was able to keep him…and it makes me SO MUCH MORE excited to get into the fire academy.
So Marcus, if you see this, I hope you are okay and have a speedy recovery
Credit: Tiffany Mills
