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I’ve started riding my bicycle up and down the new harbor bridge. This morning when I reached the top I noticed a truck and dump trailer pulled over with a flat tire… my worst nightmare that ranks right up there with being trapped in a crowded elevator on a cruise ship.
Anyway as I was headed down the bridge I noticed what I thought was a young woman lying down on the walkway. Of course going down hill you’re moving pretty fast and I didn’t stop figuring she was a drunk sleeping it off. But when I got to the bottom I worried that she might be injured or even dead so I called 911.
The operator got all my information and asked if this was about the truck/trailer stuck on top of the bridge. I said… no this is about a young woman who is either dead or asleep. There was a lot of foot traffic on the walkway but I guess no one had phoned her in.
As I was going back to the bridge I saw an emergency vehicle with lights on coming slowly down the bridge but I guess they didn’t see her and turned off their lights and moved on. I thought they might be coming back so I stopped my bicycle and could tell she was breathing.
Another passerby stopped and we were talking about the situation and the woman stirred and got up. I asked if she was okay and she didn’t answer she just stumbled off. Turned out she was not a young woman but a thin older woman.
Now I’m not one to judge but if I was my judgment would be that she was a drug addict of questionable moral character.
The 911 operator asked me when I called if I had stopped and I felt a little guilty but said… no. And I’m not sorry for that because you never know what you might get into in this kind of situation.
I’m sure if the Good Samaritan could have called Jerusalem 911 he would have.
The flat tire on top of a busy bridge would be one of my worst nightmares… but this woman laying on the bridge was living a nightmare. I hope she can find the strength and help to wake up
