Posted by Rollie NE PA on June 12, 2011 at 03:41:44 from (71.173.49.209):
In Reply to: First responders posted by RodInNS on June 11, 2011 at 19:40:06:
I can't remember the very first call, but one of the first ones was an old farmer who was baling hay. For some reason he dismounted the tractor with the baler still going. The brake released on the tractor. He was in front of the baler and was run over. The baler hay pick up tines poked him full of holes. We tried CPR but his lungs had been pierced.
I have been a Fire Chief and a Asst. Chief for a total of 33 years and still counting, I have spent a lot of sleepless nights thinking about a call from the day before.
This post was edited by Rollie NE PA at 03:44:39 06/12/11.
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