WTW: White Trash Emergency Personnel
July 6th, 2005 at 9:03 am by Preston Taylor Holmes
File under: No good deed goes unpunished.
Texas Emergency Bureaucrats arrest man who rescued swimmer from San Marcos River.
Dave Newman, 48, disobeyed repeated orders by emergency personnel to leave the water, police said. He was charged with interfering with public duties. The police report does not mention Newman’s rescue Sunday afternoon of 35-year-old Abed Duamni.
“I was amazed,� Newman said Monday after his release on $2,000 bail. “I had a very uncomfortable night after saving that guy’s life. He thanked me for it in front of the police, and then they took me to jail.�
So Dave Newman, an actual hero, got sick of watching Emergency Personnel blow up their water wings and inflate their duck floaties and decided he was going to jump in and save a guy who had gotten caught up in a current he couldn’t handle. The Emergency Bureaucrats yelled at Newman, “Get out of the water! You’re not in the Emergency Bureaucrat Union Local 378! Stop right there!”
Luckily for the swimmer, Newman ignored them, and – shockingly – even “seemed annoyed by officer’s requests” to get out of the water.
According to police, Newman smirked and seemed annoyed by officers’ requests. He stood in the water for about 15 seconds before swimming downstream.
“When he came across the river, the officer stuck out his hand like he’s going to help him out of the water, and he put cuffs on him,� said John Parnell, pastor of St. Augustine Old Roman Catholic Church in Fort Worth.
Note to self: Never show up the Emergency Bureaucrats Local Union. They’ve got a seriously short fuse.
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