Here in Essex a member of a rail company has been suspended for the heinous crime of saving someone's life. Clearly, this sort of thing cannot be tolerated, and there is a possibility that the man in question could lose his job. Quite what he could have been thinking of when he rushed onto the line after a woman in a wheelchair fell on to it, I cannot imagine. The train was a mere three minutes away, and, had he waited, would have cleared her off the tracks a treat, without endangering him at all.
A spokesman for the company said the man had breached health and safety rules by going on the track, which he was not allowed to do. Only trains and people in wheelchairs can do that.
I am not kidding. No, really, I'm not, honest. Anyway, you couldn't really make it up, could you? I'm very much afraid that it truly has happened, and provoked a storm of protest, obviously. You may remember my comments about one man's hero being another man's horse's arse (see Fred)?
Well, I rather think that our hero -which he obviously is - has come up against a horse's arse. He put his life in danger - a conscious choice - to save someone who was helpless to save themselves. Several other people helped him. Who's a naughty boy then?
So, if you're a fireman, policeman or paramedic - or even just human - don't go saving people's lives if it's dangerous, let them get on with it.
The next thing will be a national undertaker's strike if this kind of thing is allowed to continue.
Where will it all end?
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