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Wow..... well... I ran to help...

 
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kiwikid



Joined: 28 Mar 2003
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 2:09 am    Post subject: Wow..... well... I ran to help... Reply with quote

I have read a few of those threads on here where people have been harassed for trying to help people here in korea. I always wondered whether I would help or stand back. I guess I found out tonight, I ran on my sprained ankle on help the grandpa who had just been hit on the pedestrian crossing. I was waiting for a bus outside the supermarket and heard the thud, actually it was more of a 'crunk' sound. Looked over and saw a car stopped and the man thrown out in front of it. I thought they were going to move him so i ran down there and stabilised his head/neck and got them to wait for the ambulance. No one was actually talking to the old guy, who was semi-conscious, so i tried to tell them to talk to him in korean. The guy didn't understand and he was freaking out ( I didn't realise he was the driver). So the poor old grandpa is lying there, still breathing with a pulse and I'm talking to him in english till the ambo arrived. The ambo was one of those car type ones, they basically had a stretcher and that was it. The ambo guy said hello to the old man to see if he was conscious but didn't really do much of a primary check and no secondary check. When putting on the neck brace he rolled the guys head all over the place! Hope he didn't have any neck injuries. hope I never need to get picked up by an ambo. Ah well, I did what i could to help. I think I have that post adrenaline rush 'blah' thing going on.
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Grimalkin



Joined: 22 May 2005

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 5:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey well done!

but what the hell is it with pedestrian crossings here?

A few months ago I thought I'd been stood up by a student I was meeting for dinner. Turns out he was hit by a car as he was crossing to meet me and ended up in hospital.

Rolling Eyes
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Col.Brandon



Joined: 09 Aug 2004
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 5:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

They don't bloody look - they just waltz out into the traffic - especially the oldies. Added to that is the fact that the bloody drivers aren't looking, either!
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wylies99



Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 5:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The drivers are maniacs.
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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 6:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wonder if the old guy was thinking "Am I dying? Is god a white guy who speaks bad Korean?"
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lastat06513



Joined: 18 Mar 2003
Location: Sensus amo Caesar , etiamnunc victus amo uni plebian

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good job
Kudos for your effort.....
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djsmnc



Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 2:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mindmetoo wrote:
I wonder if the old guy was thinking "Am I dying? Is god a white guy who speaks bad Korean?"



Ha, I thought of it as the old man thinking "The last thing in my life is a ko-jaengi speaking English to me???"
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Juregen



Joined: 30 May 2006

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 6:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Col.Brandon wrote:
They don't bloody look - they just waltz out into the traffic - especially the oldies. Added to that is the fact that the bloody drivers aren't looking, either!


I almost killed a korean this way.

Went to pick up some students, all of a sudden this ajoshi in orange pants jumped in front of my car, Kids yelling " Crazy man", me almost peeing in my pants of fear of killing a human being.

I was really scared cause this never happend to me before.
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willardmusa



Joined: 28 May 2006

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 6:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Boodleheimer



Joined: 10 Mar 2006
Location: working undercover for the Man

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mindmetoo wrote:
I wonder if the old guy was thinking "Am I dying? Is god a white guy who speaks bad Korean?"


Laughing

but great job, OP!!!
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mole



Joined: 06 Feb 2003
Location: Act III

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good on ya, Kiwikid. Common sense and I assume, prior training kicked in.

My first week in Korea (was it really 1997?) I saw a pedestrian get whacked.
The driver scooped him up and hauled him off before I could even think of what I should do.
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