Hero Crossing Guard Hailed For Incredible Reflexes After Saving Kid From Car
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Hero Crossing Guard Hailed For Incredible Reflexes After Saving Kid From Car
By Ed Mazza
February 7, 2022
https://twitter.com/DrJalawson/status/1489700948972769280
A Maryland police officer is being hailed as a hero after saving a child from being hit by a car and taking the brunt of the impact herself.
The dramatic scene was caught on surveillance video.
The footage shows Cpl. Annette L. Goodyear of North East, on crossing guard duty on Friday, holding up a hand to stop traffic. As a middle school student walked through the crosswalk, a car blew into the intersection. Goodyear pushed the child out of the way only to be hit by the car herself.
Although the footage shows her falling hard to the pavement, Cecil County Public Schools Superintendent Jeffrey Lawson said on Twitter that Goodyear was treated and released and is doing well.
“It was strange. As I’m lying there I’m thinking to myself this actually did happen. I didn’t even know what to think about at that point,” Goodyear told Fox 5. “It didn’t seem real as it was happening.”
The child was not injured.
CBS Baltimore reported that the driver was given multiple citations, including negligent driving, failure to stop for a pedestrian in the crosswalk and an expired registration.
The town’s website said Goodyear has been with the department since 2008, and was its first female officer.
Goodyear told Fox 5 that after leaving the hospital, she went to check on the girl, who was too shaken to go to school and went home instead.
“She came down the stairs saw me standing there and as she was walking toward the door she was getting teary-eyed, and you could see it and when she got teary-eyed, then her dad started getting teary-eyed, and we all started at that point,” Goodyear told the station. “I was just so thankful she was standing there and that she was OK.”
Democratic Underground posters think the police should allow reckless drivers to continue going 100 mph while weaving through traffic
According to this recent news story from Associated Press, a pickup truck in San Diego was
weaving through traffic at speeds of up to 100 mph
This kind of irresponsible and illegal behavior can end up killing innocent people in other vehicles.
For example, you know that awesome movie A Christmas Story from 1983, about a young boy who wants a BB gun for Christmas?
Well, Bob Clark, the director of that wonderful film, was killed by a reckless driver who was driving the wrong way in another vehicle. Clark’s son was also killed in the crash.
Anyway, in the recent San Diego incident, the police used a spike strip to stop the pickup truck so innocent people in other vehicles would not get killed.
Instead of stopping his vehicle, the driver of the pickup truck ran over the spike strip. This caused the truck to crash and roll over. Eleven people were in the pickup truck, with most of them being in the truck’s bed, which is illegal. Three of the people in the truck were killed, and the other eight were seriously injured.
Thanks to the police, no innocent people were hurt or killed.
I agree with what the police did.
On the other hand, people at Democratic Underground think the police should have allowed the truck’s reckless driver to continue going 100 mph while weaving through traffic.
Here are some of their comments, taken from this thread and this other thread:
“Can this situation at the Border possibly get any worse? When do the tanks roll?”
“we’ll be reminded in the future how extreme this has become and it won’t be fondly”
“Highway speeds, pickup, people in the back, rain…. spike strip. What could go wrong? These mother****ers didn’t even get held accountable during Obama’s administration. There’s no hope of justice or integrity now. Manslaughter with impunity.”
“Sounds like murder to me. What crime was committed that warranted deadly force?”
“This is obscene.”
“‘This is obscene.’ Says it all.”
“what the border cops did was reckless and led to unnecessary deaths. This truck was weaving in and out of traffic at speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour. The shoulders on that stretch of freeway were trenched next to the lane for drainage or something so it wasn’t safe for rapid deceleration. They knew that. What they did was no different than if they had pulled up next to the truck and opened fire, like in a movie.”
“JESUS CHRIST! What the **** is wrong with them? Sick ****. That device should never be used anyway.”
“Welcome to Trump’s Amerikkka. Border Patrol and ICE should be wearing white sheets with hoods.”
Dan from Squirrel Hill's Blog 