Emergency by Neil Strauss

Emergency by Neil Strauss

Author:Neil Strauss
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins US


A few weeks later, I received a message that ten CERT members were needed at Fire Station 88. We were asked to bring our vest, hard hat, gloves, goggles, and a flashlight. I thought this might be a chance to put my newly learned skills to work.

Instead, it was just a media opportunity. For KTLA News cameras that night, we demonstrated how to remove a trapped victim from under a slab of concrete using cribbing. I was the safety officer. If you look at the still carefully, you’ll see me on the far left of the frame—the skinny lone wolf in his hard-earned green helmet, with his foot up on a slab of concrete and his hands protecting his crotch from some unknown threat.

As the safety officer, it was my job to make sure no one was injured. I accomplished this task by watching everyone else do all the work.

Some call it laziness. I call it a survival skill:



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