No Knife

Stuff like that makes me happy to know that all my family members and even some friends are now fully equipped with serrated Spydies...
 
Next time someone asks you why you are carrying "a weapon", just shake your head and walk away. As long as it wasn't their kid choking, they wouldn't understand.
 
I personally think that anyone who doesn't equip their vehicle with something to cut seatbelts needs to be *****-slapped. Not having a blade is grossly neglecting safety.:(
 
I keep two knives in the door pocket of my Durango, a Spyderco Rescue and a cheap but incredibly sharp Frost's fixed blade.

I've never had to use either for emergencies, but I'm glad they are there.
 
Thanks so much Frank for posting that link. Thought I'd post the whole story too, in case that link goes down. I feel bad that that lady and her kids got such a bad scare. But part of me wants to yell at the whole lot of 'em. Sheeple! :mad:

What really kills me is the part:
"He stopped as Mahan and Johnson rushed up to him to ask him if he had a knife.
"Mackeil didn't, but he had a cell phone and called 911."

As if having a cell phone in that instance was ALMOST as good as having a knife. "Well, he wasn't even carrying man's most basic tool, a simple implement that man has relied on for centuries, but he WAS able to phone someone to come over bail everyone out!" Golly.

Jesus HC, if someone had had a simple SAK, the whole thing is over and done with in five seconds. I hope the folks at AKTI are saving clips of this one.

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Rescuers free choking boy from seat belt
JO MORELAND
Staff Writer
OCEANSIDE ---- Two men who freed a choking Carlsbad boy from a seat belt he accidentally tangled around his neck said Wednesday that they were desperate to help the child.

They were able to rescue 8-year-old Daniel Mahan, but a spokeswoman reported he was in serious condition Wednesday at Children's Hospital in San Diego.

"It shook me up, because I have a son, 6 years old," said rescuer Larry Johnson Jr., 29, of Oceanside. "I thought, 'I can't let this kid die.' "

Johnson and Edward Maxwell Mackeil, 28, of Vista, and Officer Kevin Thomas of the California Highway Patrol had to work quickly Tuesday night on the shoulder of Highway 78 at south Interstate 5 to save Daniel.

Daniel and his 11-year-old brother were wearing their seat belts properly seat when they first got into the back seat of their mother's Lexus sedan, said highway patrol spokesman Tom Kerns.

Daniel began playing with the seat belt as his mother, Paula Mahan, 54, of Carlsbad, was driving, Kerns said. Somehow the boy wrapped the belt's shoulder strap completely around his neck and the belt retractor locked.

Alerted by her older son, Kerns said Mahan pulled over shortly before 8 p.m., but she couldn't free her choking child.

Johnson was driving by with his 10-year-old daughter when he saw Mahan waving frantically for help.

"She was screaming that her son was choking, dying," Johnson said.

They couldn't find anything to cut the seat belt away, he said. As Mackeil drove by he saw and heard Mahan screaming for help and waving her arms. He stopped as Mahan and Johnson rushed up to him to ask him if he had a knife.

Mackeil didn't, but he had a cell phone and called 911. He looked at Daniel, unconscious with the belt around his neck.

"His body was all contorted," said Mackeil. "There was blood on the back seat."

The two men started digging through the trunk of the Lexus, trying to find anything that would cut the belt. The car came equipped with a kit that held a small pair of scissors, the rescuers said.

Johnson cut the belt, Mackeil said, and Daniel started breathing. Highway patrol Officer Kevin Thomas arrived and cleared the boy's airway. A Mercy Air helicopter flew Daniel to the hospital.

"It was very difficult for me, because I have a young son, too," Thomas said.

Contact staff writer Jo Moreland at (760) 901-4085 or jmoreland@nctimes.com.

12/13/01
 
So what do you think, are these guys smart enough to have gone out and bought a knife just in case they may need one in the future? I sure hope so!
 
Old Nordic proverb," A man without a knife is a man without a life." Can i get an Amen.
 
Not even a knife, but I've seen ads for all sorts of seat belt cutters, even in non-knife publications. There's a tool with a cutter and a hammer, for breaking out of a crashed vehicle. There's a couple of lightweight plastic pieces with an embedded cutting edge like a guthook. Even a nailclipper is better than sitting there wailing.
 
I just sent an email off to reporter Ms. Moreland on where to find this thread and suggested she do a story on "why some people carry knives," or something related. I honestly think it would make for an interesting article. I hope she does too.

Karl
 
AMEN ! I just e-mailed this to My Sister in law who had a similar event occur.I suggested My Brother in law carry a good sharp knife(which He did until He cut Himself and then blamed Me??)So I bought Them a Crash Hammer/Seat belt cutter for Christmas.It will be mailed on Monday.Sheeple!Almost laughable if They weren't so sad.tom.
 
I actually had one of those auto emergency escape hammers. A friend let me give it a try on a few cars in a junkyard one day, just because we had always joked about how cheap and useless this thing was. The seat belt cutter blade broke, after just barely starting the cut, and when we tried the window breaker(with gloves and eye protection), the handle on the hammer cracked, and the halves came apart. Total crap.

Chris
 
I wonder if the mother has ever frowned upon knife owners(probably since she didn't have a knife) and there she is on the side of the highway frantically looking for help.what a picture!

imagine how quick that problem would have been solved by one of us, it wouldn't even merit a phone call to anyone much less freaking out in fear your kid is gonna die.

in that situation we would simply pull over and cut the belt then go on without incident. maybe tell your kid that that was really inventive way to committ suicide;) ;)

well let's hope that is one person who believes in knives now!
 
This story would not have been a story had someone merely had a small Swiss Army Knife on a keychain somewhere. Even a Leatherman tool of any kind would have made this incident go away in 10 seconds or less.

Some people would say that having kids is a good reason not to have knives around. I hope this makes some of those people disagree. I usually give knives as Christmas presents. I just might give a knife and a printed copy of this story this year.
 
This is why my keychain and that of my wife have Spyderco Ladybugs. She carries a Native, and I carry all manner of pocket knives, but those Ladybugs are always dangling right there in the ignition.

Frank, thanks for the link. I am forwarding it right now.
 
Knives are used many times daily for this very reason. I carry mine for these same reasons as well as general utility. Re: "No knives with kids". My children wouldn't consider taking or using one of them without having asked for permission. There are so many times you need to cut a sandwich, open a bag of chips, or cut a drink straw so the drink isn't spilled ll over. For me, I cant understand people who dont carry a knife.
 
There is glass all over a vehicle which can be broken to provide a cutting edge (inside and outside rear view mirrors are not laminated glass,headlights of glass or lexan).These guys while helpfull just weren't thinking.
 
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