Comments on: Superman

By: Ben Prusinski

Ben Prusinski — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:21:30 +0000

My congratulations to you heroes! This made my day to see fellow Oracle professionals save others lives. You make me proud!

Cheers,
Ben Prusinski, Oracle ACE and OCP
http://www.ben-oracle.com

By: K Hiser

K Hiser — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:47:00 +0000

Wow, what a story. I am sitting in the airport in Anchorage and had nothing to do but search the web. I am glad I went to your blog. I cannot imagine being in that situation. The passengers are lucky you guys were in such good physical shape.

By: Michael Fontana

Michael Fontana — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:13:48 +0000

Having read the story from the source, I now say you are both quick-thinking and made a life-saving decision that I doubt myself and most others would make. Perhaps you even put yourselves in harm’s way to some extent, but it turned out quite well.

Have you kept in touch with, or know who the people who drove off the bridge were? Was their any explantation for their actions?

By: osborne

osborne — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:04:42 +0000

Hi Hilde,

No news coverage that I’m aware of. You know the old news adage, “If it bleeds, it leads”. So since no one got seriously injured …

I have not heard anything from the people in the SUV and I have no idea who they were or anything about them. They probably have no idea who we are either. Just fortunate that our paths crossed for a few minutes at just the right time.

Kerry

By: Hilde

Hilde — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:47:02 +0000

Hi Kerry! Jens just forwarded me your story. I think you’re all HEROES!!! You all acted selflessly, valiantly, and saved lives! You’re all indeed supermen and deserve so much honor. Was this ever in the news or were you interviewed? Have you heard from the people you saved? It’s like a movie scene…bravo to you all!

By: osborne

osborne — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:58:52 +0000

Yeah - I agree that the shock factor makes it much less likely that any prep will be of much help. But I have to say that there were a couple of minutes when I really thought we were going to have to break out the glass and I kept wondering how we were going to be able to do that. I’ve never had occasion to try one of those little hammer thingies, but that’s what I was thinking about. Like I said before, the best plan is probably to avoid driving off any bridges.

Kerry

By: joel garry

joel garry — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:35:48 +0000

Wow!

There’re companies that sell emergency window breaking hammers, but I’ve wondered how useful that would be in a real situation - if it is secured you can’t find it, and if unsecured becomes a dangerous flying object in a crash. And you noticed the shock, that doesn’t even require any injury, though the seatbelts have their plusses and minuses. Tempered glass is hard to break.

By: B. Polarski

B. Polarski — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:34:24 +0000

Tarzan is in town!

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:50:24 +0000

Wow. All I can say is that it is good to work with people of this caliber.

By: osborne

osborne — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:22:57 +0000

Hi Randolf,

Yeah it was an interesting experience. The driver was pretty much in shock but I don’t think he did it on purpose. He mumbled something about the steering. I don’t think either he or the passenger were hurt seriously. Although I never heard her speak at all, she just moaned while I was dragging her back to shore. So she may have had some broken ribs or something. It didn’t make the news here, I guess because no one died. So I never heard any further details about the cause of the accident.

Good question about the “balistrade” - we call them “guard rails” here. There is a very strong one of concrete and metal, but the guy left the road right where the guard rail started. He literally missed it by a foot or so and just sailed off into the lake. Good thing too. Had they been injured or had the car be damaged, we may not have been able to get them out.

It’s funny how our brains work. I keep seeing that SUV launch off that bridge.

Kerry