Re: [gremlintime] Drove the '74 Gremlin to work .....and a NEAR DEATH work experience

["kruton" <kruton@xxxx>]

Keep up the good work Jerry!!!
Mark 71 232 auto
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Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 8:06 PM
Subject: [gremlintime] Drove the '74 Gremlin to work .....and a NEAR DEATH
work experience


> I drove the car to work today, and had a blast. I had to drive the
car
> home in the rain using just the wiper shaft, it was annoying but doable.
> Other than that, and some annoying hesitation in the carb, it ran great,
and
> got lots of stares. LOL.
> On a serious note, I helped save two guys lives today, I work next
door
> to a granite and marble company, we're used to hearing loud BANGs and
thumps
> and the floor shakes, as they move 1,000 lb marble or granite panels
around.
> About 8:30 this morning we hear a loud WHUMP....then screams. Silence,
then
> more screams. then more screams. Oh SHIT! Three of us get up and run next
> door, out the back dock, and look into theirs...the two engineers were
ahead
> of me. They sprang to help hold FIVE panels off this one guy trapped
between
> them and an upright section...there was another guy lying below them!
There
> was no room for me, so as I looked around, I saw a 2" square steel tube 6'
> long, so I grabbed it, climbed around and up the fallling sheets to the
top
> of the panels next to them, thrust the bar down between, and helped pry
the 5
> panels back enough with some help from another guy who climbed up after I
> yelled for some help, then the people below grabbed the guy underneath by
the
> shirt and dragged him to safety. The second trapped guy then gets out,
and
> we release the panels. Combined weight, 5,000 lbs! Whew, we were all shook
> up, the ladies who worked there didn't know what to do at first, I heard
it
> was the proverbially headless chickens. But luckily it turned out ok, the
> first guy lost 50% of his blood internally, and damaged some organs, but
he
> lives. The second guy whose screams alerted us suffered only minor damage.
> They were VERY lucky we came, as they had NO other guys around over there
> except two, a truck driver and a dock worker. The first guy apparently
didn't
> follow procedure, and paid a heavy price for his lack of safety protocol.
> I called my fiancee Barbara later, to tell her what happened, as I was
on
> an adrenalin rush still...and found out that that company is one her
> accounting company's clients! She said one of her accounting reps was over
> there at the time...we didn't see him, he was up front at the time, and
this
> disaster happened in like 2-3 minutes, then was over. It seemed longer,
but
> it really happened FAST!
> Needless to say, I had a beer when I got home...it's not often you run
> into a life-threatening situation every day! I shudder to think of what
might
> have happened if we hadn't responded as quickly as we did. We could tell
by
> the screams that this wasn't a normal situation, either. The second guy
came
> back later, after a trip to the hospital, to thank the boss for our help.
> OSHA and the local Sheriff came over as well, to do some interviews.
> I drove the '74 Gremlin home in the rain, luckily my nerves weren't
> bothering me. Still aren't, but my arms ache from prying those panels back
> and trying to hold them away from the two guys. I think I'll go enjoy
another
> Coors Lite, and thumb thru some old Popular Mechanics mags from the 50s I
> got at the auction this week....a GOOD end to the day. :) Whew. AMC ya'll,
>
> Jerry Casper
>
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