Readers,
Rarely does a member of the media makes news. This one probably won't even get mention. But thanks to an good Samaritans, I at least am able to tell the tale.
It happened this morning on my way to church services. Typically, when the whether is fowl and a mix bag of weather conditions, one moment rainy and windy, then the next sunny I stay home from services. I use my electric wheelchair to get around in town, and there is no bus services running on Sundays.
Anyway I put on my rain poncho, and those things aren't really designed for someone who uses a chair, at least the ones you get from the local stores aren't. They do have rain ponchos in specialty stores that caters to the needs of the disabled, but none of those types of stores are here that I know of. But, that is beside the point. I thought I tucked the edges of the rain poncho that would otherwise get got under my wheels of my chair securely enough, apparently not. The church I attend is on Front and Liberty, I live on east 6th. I make the track there every Sunday safely. Well not this week. I was traveling along South Peabody, thinking I tucked away the corners of the poncho, then suddenly a corner of the poncho got caught up on one of the front wheels, causing me to bend over and get trapped with the back of the poncho baring down on the back of my neck. The chair kept moving forward to a point, I could not shut off the chair because the controller was being being caught under the poncho as well, and I was bent over under the poncho, with it caught under the wheel, still going forward! I was being tipped in the chair ready to fall out of it, but couldn't even do that because the poncho was having a choke hold on me from the back. I could not even turn off the device. I was stuck! Being hanged as it were from my own chair, and poncho I was wearing. I yelled for help! Fortunately, a resident from the Manor apartments I think happened to hear my cries for help, and some cops were driving by, and they assisted me out of my situation I found myself in. I jokingly mention that members of the media never makes headlines! They Sheriff Deputies, and one local Police officer should be thanked for their assisting me. Along with the good Samaritan. The Paramedics were called and they checkout my neck, and back, and ticker. So thanks to them as well.
I managed to make it home alright, with a slight muscle strain of my back and neck.
So it goes to show there are goodhearted folks in our police and fire departments despite the bad press these folks get on the national level. My many thanks to the Clallam County Sheriff Deputies,City of Police, EMTS, and the Good Neighbor!
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