Had to cut a guy out of his car tonight

I do not want to sound like a wet blanket, but why did you have to cut him loose? Was the buckle not accessible, or not functioning? I am just curios. It was good you were there to aid him.
 
good job, OP

cj65 said:
I do not want to sound like a wet blanket, but why did you have to cut him loose? Was the buckle not accessible, or not functioning? I am just curios. It was good you were there to aid him.
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GingivitisKahn said:
Just missed being in a pretty serious accident. One of the three guys (and three cars) involved had wrenched his back pretty badly and his seatbelt had locked in on him and was uncomfortably tight across his stomach. I asked him if he wanted me to cut the straps so he could get some relief (asked twice).
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That's great!! Another reason why it's a good idea to EDC a knife:thumbup:, glad to hear he was okay.

A few weeks ago I was at a large fundraising walkathon in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. The weather was good except for the brutal wind. The wind kicked up and blew over about four or five metal framed canopy style tents, the vendor type. Anyway, a few people were injured and the canopies were a tangled mess. They were all connected to each other with zip ties, and believe it or not, out of hundreds of people, there was only myself and one other guy who had knives to cut them apart before the wind picked them up and did more damage. I cant' believe how many people who DIDN'T have a knife said to the two of us, "Thank God for you two, I don't know what we would have done without you and your knives!" What a weird world we live in:D.
 
It all goes to show that whatever knife you have on you,however lowly or flashy, you have to keep it keen and keep it at hand.
 
cj65 said:
I do not want to sound like a wet blanket, but why did you have to cut him loose? Was the buckle not accessible, or not functioning? I am just curios. It was good you were there to aid him.
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i'd say it had a seatbelt pre tensioner- you know like an inertia reel. Its inside the pillar of the vehicle.The seatbelt locks in an accident.
 
cj65 said:
I do not want to sound like a wet blanket, but why did you have to cut him loose? Was the buckle not accessible, or not functioning? I am just curios. It was good you were there to aid him.
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Good question. He had just suffered a front-end impact (crumpled the front end of his Caddy about halfway back) and was sitting hunched in his seat, leaning to the right (partly over the seatbelt buckle). He complained that his back was hurting badly and had been struggling to release the seatbelt catch.

Probably I could have reached across him and unsnapped it (assuming it wasn't stuck shut by the impact or something) but I didn't want to jostle him at all in case of a spinal injury. So anyway, the belt was viably tight across his lap, he was in pain (from that and from the accident) and he wanted relief. I did ask him to stay in the car though and not move around until the medics got there (which they did a few moments later).
 
jonnymac44 said:
That's great!! Another reason why it's a good idea to EDC a knife:thumbup:, glad to hear he was okay.

A few weeks ago I was at a large fundraising walkathon in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. The weather was good except for the brutal wind. The wind kicked up and blew over about four or five metal framed canopy style tents, the vendor type. Anyway, a few people were injured and the canopies were a tangled mess. They were all connected to each other with zip ties, and believe it or not, out of hundreds of people, there was only myself and one other guy who had knives to cut them apart before the wind picked them up and did more damage. I cant' believe how many people who DIDN'T have a knife said to the two of us, "Thank God for you two, I don't know what we would have done without you and your knives!" What a weird world we live in:D.
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Couldn't agree more. I'm sure there was a time in my life before I started carrying a knife, but I don't remember it.
 
Nice work, bro. Some folks wouldn't have taken the time. My wife and I carried a couple of LSTs for years until we found Spyderco. Still got one of them in my desk drawer at home for opening mail. The silly thing still works as well as it did on day one. Tight lockup, no edge chips... and we're not real gentle with our folders.
 
Well done and good of you man! The world needs people taking care of others and you are a good example!
 
If there were more people like you.

Couple of days ago a young lady died screaming cause her car caught on fire. Passerbys could have broken the windows or did something to stop her death. One young man went to a nearby petrol station (gas station to you guys) to borrow a fire extinguisher but even with his pleading in desperation for the guys inside (it was locked) to let him use the extinguishers was not entertained.

He went back but could only watch in vain as her screams grew louder and finally faded away. True story.
 
I once came to the rescue of a pretty lady who was peeing in an alley. She was being hassled by a drunk who was trying to peek at her and probably do something else. I went to ask the fella to leave but the stupid drunk pulls out a huge bowie (large approx 8 incher with laminated wood handles multi color, think pakistani mass production cheapie) and says "I got a knife!" repeat 3 times. Limited volcabulary :)

Lady screams mid peeing when he took out the blade (she did take a while to finish peeing I always thought, probably a number 2 :)). He turns his head to shout at her "shut up you stupid c-word". While doing that I took out my telescopic baton and whacks full force at his knife wrist. Bowie falls, girl screams louder (funny she never runs out of breath) and drunk runs away.

End of the story is I picked up the bowie and used it in my kitchen for the next few years (served as a memory and conversation piece). Kept a decent edge but bowies not really good for fine work and grind is not good on tomatoes. Easy to keep sharp. Oh yeah, the peeing lady with large airbags (that's why she can really scream :)) first became my friend and after became my girlpal :)

True story.

PS: If the drunk is reading this (I think he's a knife lover) then I forgave you for almost gutting me. I like to say thanks :)
 
Cotherion said:
If there were more people like you.

Couple of days ago a young lady died screaming cause her car caught on fire. Passerbys could have broken the windows or did something to stop her death. One young man went to a nearby petrol station (gas station to you guys) to borrow a fire extinguisher but even with his pleading in desperation for the guys inside (it was locked) to let him use the extinguishers was not entertained.

He went back but could only watch in vain as her screams grew louder and finally faded away. True story.
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That's awful.
 
Cotherion said:
I once came to the rescue of a pretty lady who was peeing in an alley. She was being hassled by a drunk who was trying to peek at her and probably do something else. I went to ask the fella to leave but the stupid drunk pulls out a huge bowie (large approx 8 incher with laminated wood handles multi color, think pakistani mass production cheapie) and says "I got a knife!" repeat 3 times. Limited volcabulary :)

Lady screams mid peeing when he took out the blade (she did take a while to finish peeing I always thought, probably a number 2 :)). He turns his head to shout at her "shut up you stupid c-word". While doing that I took out my telescopic baton and whacks full force at his knife wrist. Bowie falls, girl screams louder (funny she never runs out of breath) and drunk runs away.

End of the story is I picked up the bowie and used it in my kitchen for the next few years (served as a memory and conversation piece). Kept a decent edge but bowies not really good for fine work and grind is not good on tomatoes. Easy to keep sharp. Oh yeah, the peeing lady with large airbags (that's why she can really scream :)) first became my friend and after became my girlpal :)

True story.

PS: If the drunk is reading this (I think he's a knife lover) then I forgave you for almost gutting me. I like to say thanks :)
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Yikes! Nice work. It was very generous of you to allow him to keep his life after drawing a blade on you.
 
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