[Vision2020] Fw: A small Idaho town mourns the loss of a big-hearted man

[Bruce and Jean Livingston]

Visionaries, I passed along the Oregonian article about John Dickinson to my fire fighter brother-in-law from Portland, and he responded with some sage advice  re stopping to help at an accident, which I pass along to everyone...

Bruce Livingston

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To: Bruce and Jean Livingston 
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 6:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] A small Idaho town mourns the loss of a big-hearted man


I read the article...what a sad and tragic end to such a marvelous life.  

If you should ever feel compelled to stop (i.e. the first or second bystander) at a freeway mishap, remember to pass it a considerable distance and walk back.  Never stop until well past the site if it's icy--you probably already know the danger of stopping at an icy wreck--as it's darned near suicide.  Never take your eyes off the traffic for more than a few seconds.  Many well-intentioned people have placed themselves directly in harms way by placing themselves between an incident and drivers who are likely under the influence of highway hypnosis or worse.  The closest I ever came to death in my career was getting out of a FD vehicle on I-55 just north of Reavis Barracks Rd at a wreck.

They also had some nice TV news pieces on John here in Portland.

Mark
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