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amazing expierience on my way home from a shoot
Amazing act of GOD happenened(again), to me on way home(newps) from a fashion shoot (P.V.), I'm posted up near vincent thomas bridge making photo's, when i hear a distrssed father calling out to his son, again 5 seconds later i hear the dad calling out, than i c 2 lil' girls running towards something and they're screaming, i turn to address situation, i c a 3yr. old boy, driving a lil kid electic car thru a park, over a sidewalk and ab out to make a left turn into oncoming traffic... OMG "fuck it" thinks I, save the kid, i abandon my camera bag w 2 prime lenses, adjustable zoom lense, and other really expensive camera gear, grab the camera with tripd and start sprinting to the kid who's 75-150yards away, I know rite,,,, where's the dad(moron) or mom(hottie).... I'm fast, not white lightning, but i got "wheels" and started running thru park, over sidewalk, onto street to grab kid, flu str8 by the 2 lil girls, only to contemplate, tossing my favorite thing in the world(camera) so i can grab the steering wheel which is roughly around my kneecaps. to steer kid back towards sidewalk, (which is high risk cuz i might not be able to stop him all the way, or miss the steering wheel altogether. mind you the kid is driving about a "brisk jogging speed" away from me.. so i risk running 2-4 maybe 5 crucial seconds running past kid enough to where i get in front of him, stop, turn, and brace my body enough to where i can absorb"kidcar" impact and get him and i out of the way from the white honda prelude coming at us about 20 yards away at 10-15mph i ended up having to go with third option switch the camera into my left hand, get my body to the other side of lil joyrider and with my rite handk grab the side of electric car(underway) dragging car/ kid at a sharp left angle towards sidewalk, while running...... . gnarly... had i been 5-6 seconds behind,,,,, guess what............ a tragic end to a beautiful innocent 3 yr old.,,,,, and a life time of horror for the Mom('s) and who ever was driving the car who hit us( more than likely i would have been Done, or damaged. cool huh,,,,,, actually wasn't first time ..... just wanted to share that oh yaeh,,,,, I'm great with kids, single and not afraid to let you know that some songs to me are so beautiful that i cry..... have a nice evening,,,, the cursor on my computer dances around like micheal jackson sometime onto other parts of story, i've had to edit and re-read, so many times i can't anymore, hope it makes sense the girl in shot is the model in P.V. iwas working with,,,, the other image is "the scen... e of the scene" Dec 07 14 11:35 pm Link Congrats ! Your situation reminds of one of my own approx 7 or 8 years ago this very weekend ( i know this because it was linked to our Santa Clause Parade which happened today ) Anyways my situation occurred in the aftermath of said parade . I had just met up with a model and we were walking towards the shoot location .We were on a side street that was congested with parade watchers but the main street ahead of us had opened up to traffic Out of the corner of my eye I saw the motion of a baby stroller rolling quickly towards the traffic ahead ..The baby's mother ( who had been pushing the stroller ) had tripped and fallen - losing her grip on the stroller .Without thinking I raced the 8 or 10 yards to catch the stroller just before it entered entered traffic I remember turning to the model afterwards and saying - "I think I just saved that baby "- to which she responded "Yes , I think you did Garry " Dec 07 14 11:54 pm Link Out of curiosity, what are you going to do with all that time you saved writing "c" instead of "see", "thru" instead of "through", etc.? FYI this is so impossible to read I couldn't go further than 1st sentence. Dec 07 14 11:55 pm Link catch my breath silly. Dec 08 14 12:08 am Link in response to Garry... I'm thinking(while i was catching my breath) 1stly (high five fellow life saver, to you) 2nd there has to be a 99.9% of being let into heaven.... Rite... 3rd..... we(life savers) should pretty much be "looked after" by our Chaperone (G-O-D) but the possible down side of this for me anyway is that I've been on borrowed time for a while( adrenaline Junkie) I should have been dead at least 50 times, maybe the kid was the reason (GOD) didn't take me.... alll i know is I've really got to watch my P s & Q's.. the next couple of days,!! weeks!!?? months???? Dec 08 14 12:21 am Link This is so self-congratulatory it makes me want to wretch. Here's your atta-boy. "ATTA-BOY!" Feel better? Dec 08 14 12:24 am Link Miss Havisham Studios wrote: Take your hate somewhere else ok Dec 08 14 12:33 am Link Garry k wrote: Interesting. I think it may be the other way around. Here's the exert from the rules: Dec 08 14 12:38 am Link cwwmbm wrote: There is an Art in the way that some people live their lives Dec 08 14 12:42 am Link wElL dun DUde **** dAtz £UcK^N aweSuM """!!!!!!!!""" U mUSt b. A v€ry pRouD mAn,,, gIv3 Yors€lF a ''''p4T'''' oN Th€ b@cK 😎 8ut Sumt^N lyKe """"i s&vEd a k!d w|~|O w4$ gOnN4 DrYv€ N2 Tr4££ik""". wUdvE b!n be++Er eMbEL!$hinG l¥ke U D!d M4k€z 4 @. bR@GG!nG se$$ion (: Dec 08 14 01:22 am Link Rik Williams wrote: oh come on mate , you're above this sort of response Dec 08 14 01:24 am Link Garry k wrote: Couldn't help myself Dec 08 14 01:30 am Link Ok Dec 08 14 01:39 am Link Yea, call me a NY cynic but I'm calling complete bullshit. If someone is involved with a real life emergency that calls for split second thinking/reacting -one doesn't "grab their camera with a tripod and start sprinting 75-150 yards away" while leaving their 2 prime lenses and "other really expensive camera gear" behind. You would've abandoned everything and ran after the kid. If I was your screenplay professor at Newport Beach Community College -you'd get an " ef " ...you know, F for short. Dec 08 14 04:22 am Link I and I imaging wrote: Du in thngs 2 git n Hevin iz da sher waa 2 hel Dec 08 14 05:17 am Link I think it's a great story, and I found your writing style rather amusing. With that said, this thread is better suited to the "Check me out" forum and I'll move it there. Dec 08 14 08:37 am Link I and I imaging wrote: for me all it was is that I felt like a hero in the eyes of the mother and the model for a few minutes ( nobody else appeared to even notice ) Dec 08 14 09:53 am Link anyway bitches(cwwmbm, newyork person, ,,, I was in the a bad part of san pedro in a park that's why the camera had to come with me, how could you even think to try and put yourself in my shoes, you pathetic;y average kook.. i was on my way home from a photoshoot that's where the art came in..... ya, part of me was thinking i could work this and get some pussy..... big fuck'n deal, i like woman, and the fact that i have a true story with eveidence is even better... the story is as true as the dude's that are responding to this are fags, abd jealous cuz they have never done anything beside hide behind a camera lense i've saved other people in my life to and wouldn't think twice about doing it again i am in stitches over how shallow and insecure you loseers are (except Garry of course) you others bitches can go back to your little studio's and take pictures of your lame life...... i';ll be out and about making art, feeling good knowing that GOD loves me more than you average saps..... Dec 09 14 12:12 am Link I and I imaging wrote: Yup, I was right after all Dec 09 14 06:17 pm Link I regret having participated in this thread Dec 10 14 09:05 am Link Who says LA photogs are flakes? Dude. You're Peter FUCKING Parker! Dec 12 14 10:46 am Link I and I imaging wrote: Still trying to see where a sky pixie was involved. Jan 03 15 05:59 pm Link |
