Have you ever saved a life?

Prodigious

When I was younger, the family were over in America visiting the relatives. We were eating dinner in the back garden, where there was a swimming pool, and my 2 year old sister decided to make a dart for the deep end, and try and jump on the inflatable couch. The mother started screaming, so selflessly (Kitted out in my brand new meath kit - it was my birthday) I dived into the pool and pulled her over to the edge where my uncle picked her out :cool:

Anyone here ever save someone's life?

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

No.
I cant swim and I would be in a hape at the first sight of a bit of blood so id be no good to anyone in that sort of situation

donvito99

Does taking a life counooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh no.

KeithM89

I revive a lot of people in Battlefield 3 so..... Yes.

ppshay

Pulled a sausage from the throat of my 4-year old nephew. He was just sitting there all quiet on the fireplace surround with his mouth open and eyes bulging.

weldoninhio

One and a half times. First time was a girl who walked into the sea after a nightclub. She'd had a fight with her brother and for some unknown reason headed into the sea. Everyone just seemed to stand around looking at her, so i jumped in, swam out to her, dragged her to a boat, pulled her into it and pulled us both ashore using the rope that had it tied off. Was horrible becaue i hate the water.

Second time (the half), was walking home after a night out, heard a lot of screaming so ran towards it, seen a house on fire. There was a girl stuck in the front upstairs bedroom, people were trying to kick the door in, i saw that this wasn't working so i started going from house to house until i found one that had a ladder and brought it out to the fire. No-one else seemed to think of it. One of the neighbours climbed it and saved the girl, carried her down the ladder.

BNMC

ppshay wrote: »

Pulled a sausage from the throat of my 4-year old nephew. He was just sitting there all quiet on the fireplace surround with his mouth open and eyes bulging.

Feckin' priests.

Dr_Brian_Cocks

There was this time a lad kicked a ball at the head of a lad lying on the ground. I blocked it, coulda kill the boy.

pharmaton

used to work with kids with disabilities. part of the job was to supervise them during lunch, most of them had no problem feeding but was always a case of keeping an eye around the canteen anyway. Was with my charge (who was autistic) when I noticed one of the girls across from us who was normally talkative had gone very quiet so I stuck my ear to her face and realised she wasn't breathing. The lunchroom was fairly noisy at any rate so no one really noticed me picking her up and trying to hack the thing out of her. Gave her a sharp slap between her blades and still no breathing, gave it another go and I must have done it with a fair bit of might as everything went quiet and a half a sausage went flying across the table.

Don't know if you would call it saving a life though, they tended to do that a lot in there, I was just glad my colleagues didn't think I was trying to flog a child over dinner for the crack. I just remember feeling calm and knowing exactly what to do though. No one ever said a word about it after.

Peregrine

I did something similar. It was ages ago, I only remember it vaguely. There were like 20 of us in the pool (all 9/10 year olds) and this guy couldn't swim and people made fun of him a little bit. And the ejit for some reason felt the need to go into the deep when they dared him. And well needless to say he almost drowned and I had to pull him to the edge and drag him out and which point the instructor saw us and came over.

Also pulled a woman away from a car moving 40-50kmh. She might not have died but still..

SicklySweet

My life was saved once. Was in a friends house and was sucking on a lollipop (TK lemonade one. Remember them?!) when the pop fell away from the stick and into my throat. Luckily, was only a few doors away from my own house. And luckily the front door was open, so ran in, started vomiting. Dad took me out into the back and started the heimlik (sp?)
He later admitted he thought i was dead because i was so limp and stopped throwing up.

Back to the original question. In Spain, my 6 year old brother decided he wanted to be a big kid and jumped into the deep end of the pool. He was getting lessons and i suppose got a bit big headed about it all. He splashed, i dived, saved and the lifeguard named Jesus gave him mouth to mouth.

The Backwards Man

I've saved people from choking a couple of times.
Also had someone die from choking that I wasn't able to save.

There are no such thing as heroes, just people that do their best.

Brego888

Well I'm a nurse and work in a hospital here in Dublin.

So no

Larianne

Brego888 wrote: »

Well I'm a nurse and work in a hospital here in Dublin.

So no

Leave it to the care assistants, eh?

arybvtcw0eolkf

Yes

I thought he was dead until the following day.. I have a nice framed card from the man too.

Gatling

Several years ago i talked a you lady down off a bridge in cork city ,
Apparently she wanted to end her life because she couldn't figure out why she didnt fit in with her fellow college friends and class mate's ,

Never actually got her name or anything walked her back to her rented house near the maradyke parade area of cork city

Odd thinking about it now

nikkibikki

Yep pulled my brother who was about 2 at the time out of the river across the road from our house, some of the bank gave way and he slipped in. I must have been 10 ish I think.

MadsL

My friend was standing on the edge of a cliff. A quite high cliff. Suddenly he felt someone grab his arms and push from behind. I managed to reverse the direction of the push, turning a push into a pull, telling him clearly "Saved yer life".

Oddly, he was not grateful for my efforts.

AK333

Pulled an elderly man out of the sea at Tramore about 30 years ago. He had walked off the old sewerage pipe and the depth of the sea increased dramatically. I pulled him in and a young man helped him out of the water.

Gatling

MadsL wrote: »

My friend was standing on the edge of a cliff. A quite high cliff. Suddenly he felt someone grab his arms and push from behind. I managed to reverse the direction of the push, turning a push into a pull, telling him clearly "Saved yer life".

Oddly, he was not grateful for my efforts.

Seriously amazing what some people find funny

Sarky

Yup. Talked a friend down from suicide. She's still alive, seems to be happy about it. Suspect I did good there.

MadsL

Gatling wrote: »

Seriously amazing what some people find funny

I recall I was about 10 at the time.

Tomohawk

About 15 years ago I stopped my old man from deliberately overdosing on tablets by assessing the situation, quickly acting and calling an ambulance. After spending 2 days in Loughlinstown Hospital, Dad spent a month in John of Gods, Stillorgan getting treatment for depression. He's in his 80s now and still going strong...

Ken.

Outside Pennies in Newbridge in 1997 while walking down the town i grabbed an 18 month old child off the road that had wandered out into the traffic. Close call so it was and the mother nearly strangled me she hugged me so tight.

ringadingding

We were fishing off the far side of dingle pier one dark rainy winter afternoon , a boat dropped off a scuba diver into some really choppy water, we watched it unravel as the current dragged the diver under and he resurfaced into a little rip tide about 300m behind the unwitting boat.

The diver clearly in huge trouble, we started screaming at the boat , couldn't hear, we threw our fishing ledgers at the boat and waved etc, until yer man realised, pulled a 180 and went and hauled the diver in.

Left me in no doubt about 2 things.
We saved his life.
People are thick as fûck

Sprouts

June bank holiday monday 2006, ladies marathon day outside the Barge pub on the canal. Hot day everyone out drinking, a homeless man fell into the canal, nobody was doing anything so I jumped in and got him to the side where a good guy was able to pull him out, the most shocking thing about that day was the idiots with their camera phones getting a video of the thing instead of helping.

Karl Stein

There was a kid messing about on the fence that keeps people from falling into the Niagara Falls and the little fecker fell over to the sounds of screaming bystanders. So I run in behind a hotdog stand and change into my Superman costume and zip down and catch the wee scamp before he hits the bottom.

Hang on... no... that was a movie. My mistake.

osarusan

During my time at university in Maynooth, i probably saved a friend's life. If anybody went to university in Maynooth, they'll know the road between the train station and the canal. There's a gate pretty much right outside the station (or used to be) that closes off that road at night.

My friend had been out celebrating his birthday and was wrecked. I was reasonably sober (fortunately, as it turns out) because I'd only arrived later after some class or exam or something. Anyway we were heading home from the glenroyal (still around?) along that station/canal road when we came to the locked gate. We decided to go around it, which means going off the road and on to / over the steep grassy bank leading down into the canal water. We'd done this before, but my friend was so wrecked he lost his footing and slipped. I grabbed on to him around the shoulder/upper arm, and grabbed onto some part of the gate, or the base of the gate, and just held on. He was in water up to his knees/thighs, but was basically too drunk to climb out, and there was no way I could pull him out, so I just kept holding on, hoping somebody would turn up soon. I was in the most uncomfortable squatting position, with both arms stretched out, one upwards to the game, the other down to his arm. The most frustrating thing was knowing that some other friends who lived near us had gone home just a couple of minutes ahead, but i couldn't get to my pocket for my phone because neither hand was free.

Anyway, eventually being in the cold water kind of woke him up, and he make an effort to scramble up the bank, but kept slipping back down little by little. It took about 20 minutes to get him out, and we headed home.

The next morning he didn't remember anything, and wouldn't believe a word I'd said, until i pointed out his wet and canal-water-stinky clothes.

Good times brought to you by Dutch Gold.

scudzilla

Saved a dogs life, was in work last year during winter in Google, behind us is the docks next to DART station, a guy from the Dart station came running out and behind our building, was out having a smoke myself so wandered round to see what was going on.

A dog was in the water and had been for some while, he looked like he was about to give up, took my jacket off and leaned over as far as i could, just about managed to grab him and pull him out. If i hadn't got close i reckon i'd have gone in cos i like dogs.

Little fcuker just ran off and didn't say thanks!!

Wierdest part was the next night, more or less at exactly the same time was out havin a smoke, across the road was the dog walking along, he ran over, got all excited and happy wit me and ran off, never seen him before that night and never seen him since

af_thefragile

Nope. My life is very uneventful...

Naid23

Saved my little cousin from drowning in a pool in the canaries when i was 16. Little fcker nearly drowned me in the process and now I have a fear of deep water. Nice eh!?

foxinsox

Long long ago, before many of you were born ( 1972 ish), I was standing on a slipway of a harbour trying to get used to the freezing sea before I got in.

I saw a white floaty thing beside me in the water, I don't know what made me grab it and haul it out of the water.. but it was a nappy with a baby attached.. the nappy had made the baby's bum float but forced his/her head underwater! I just remember the mother grabbing the baby and screaming..

So yeah, I reckon I saved a baby! :-)

LLU

I give blood regularly. :cool:

Trev De rev

Sprouts wrote: »

June bank holiday monday 2006, ladies marathon day outside the Barge pub on the canal. Hot day everyone out drinking, a homeless man fell into the canal, nobody was doing anything so I jumped in and got him to the side where a good guy was able to pull him out, the most shocking thing about that day was the idiots with their camera phones getting a video of the thing instead of helping.

People just don't care about homeless people. He could have been someones brother, father, uncle, friend, neighbor, work mate just falling on bad times. Could happen 2 anyone. Fair play 2 u.

mattjack

I revived a man in town with CPR recently.Chest compressions and mouth to mouth.
If you save someones life , you own them , right ?

af_thefragile

mattjack wrote: »

I revived a man in town with CPR recently.Chest compressions and mouth to mouth.
If you save someones life , you own them , right ?

Nope, the government owns you all...

black & white

Several years as a Samaritans volunteer so I hope I've saved a few.

Badly Drunk Boy

Way back in the 70's (well, it would have been 1979), I possibly saved my sister's life. I was 6 and she was a baby, asleep in her cot. I think I was going to bed so before I went into my room, I looked in to see her sleeping but somehow, she had smashed her head through one of the wooden bars at the head of the cot (or maybe it was at the foot of the cot) and her head was halfway out of the hole she had made.

She was lying face down so the jagged wooden bar that remained, was about two inches from the lower part of the back of her head, meaning that if she raised her head quickly, she could have impaled herself. I legged it downstairs to tell my parents who carefully removed her from danger.

About 8 years later, I accidently broke her arm on the first day of the summer holidays but at least she was still alive for that to happen.

Hoop66

Early 70s, living in foreign climes. Going to down to the pool, me(7), mum & sister (3). Sister gets over-excited, forgets she hasn't got armbands on, runs down the path and flings herself into the pool.

It took a few seconds for my mum to clock before screaming "go and get her out"! I ran down, dived in and supported my sister til my mum got down the poolside and pulled her out. My sister was swimming without armbands by the end of the day.

So, yes I have saved someone's life, but only because my mum made me.

donegal_road

pulled three people from a burning car in 1994. It landed on its roof down an embankment, the driver had fallen asleep at the wheel. There was 1 passenger killed.

astonaidan

Was in a car crash with my friend, we went into a river and he got knocked out, I pulled him out before he drowned.
I consider that my big achievement in life so far

Ave Sodalis

Talked several people out of suicide throughout the years, from close friends to complete strangers. It didn't really feel like saving them though and wouldn't have even thought of them until I read other suicide savers here, for some reason but I guess I did.

Awesomeness

Saw a girl getting kicked in the face 3 times by her boyfriend while lying on the ground outside a niteclub in China. Tried to talk him into stopping at first but after he took a few swings at me I knocked him out. Picked her up and put her in a taxi going to hospital with her friends.

Not sure if he would have killed her but her face was pretty messed up at that stage and no sign of him stopping.

Made the mistake of going back into Club though to say bye to friends and left an hour later to run into the same guy and 5 of his mates. A bottle across the face and a good kicking later I have been left with a Harry potter looking scar across my forehead and a bit of one on my nose.

Wouldnt change what I did for a minute though

Sunnyisland

I saved two different people on two separate occasions from drowning.

Dancor

scudzilla wrote: »

Saved a dogs life, was in work last year during winter in Google, behind us is the docks next to DART station, a guy from the Dart station came running out and behind our building, was out having a smoke myself so wandered round to see what was going on.

A dog was in the water and had been for some while, he looked like he was about to give up, took my jacket off and leaned over as far as i could, just about managed to grab him and pull him out. If i hadn't got close i reckon i'd have gone in cos i like dogs.

Little fcuker just ran off and didn't say thanks!!

Wierdest part was the next night, more or less at exactly the same time was out havin a smoke, across the road was the dog walking along, he ran over, got all excited and happy wit me and ran off, never seen him before that night and never seen him since

Am I the only one who enjoyed this story over all the people being saved? I love dogs.

pebbles21

Was in Ibiza when the 2002 world cup was on.After the German game and a load of drink.we went back to the hotel pool
One drunken irish lad thought it would be hilarious to start throwing people in thd pool
After throwing a few in,he grabs my wife to throw her in but at the same time she doesnt let him go and drags him in too
All of a sudden there is a commotion in the pool and yer man is struggling in the water,hes holding on to my wife but she kicks him away,At this point i can see him in diffuculty and panicking under the water
I jumped in with my clothes on,turned him around and safely brought him up to thd surface near the rails where someone took him off me.he was in shock for 3 days and never went out again throughout the holiday.
About 5 years later a bloke comes up to me in a pub puts a pint on my table and says "thats from my mate over there..you should left that c**t at the bottom of that pool that day"
He came over and handed me a pic of me saving him that a German tourist had given him ...its attached

Ericaa

I've donated breast milk if that counts!

MadYaker

I saved somebody who didn't want to be saved.

When I was about 15 I was out on a boat on a river with my dad and a few others. We saw a man in the water way out from the bank who looked like he was in serious trouble. So we went over to him and dragged him into our boat. As soon as we had him in he lunges for the railing and tries to jump out again screaming like a mad yoke. So my dad and the others were holding him down while I drive and he was struggling and shouting like crazy. We found out afterwards that he had jumped in off a bridge was trying to kill himself. Eventually we got to the bank where the gardai and an ambulance were waiting after somebody had seen the man in the water and called them. As soon as we got him on the bank he was carted off in the ambulance. It was a surreal experience that I'll never forget, to this day I'm really not sure if we did the right thing or not. I've never really talked to my dad about it.

ArnoldJRimmer

Caught a runaway pram that was hurtling down an escalator, Untouchables style. I just remember a woman screaming, turning round to see why, and quick as a flash, I legged it after the pram. I dont think I ever ran that fast in my life due to sheer panic, and caught it just before the bottom where it was about to hurtle into a wall.

The mother never thanked or acknowledged me, but fair enough, she got an awful shock

robman60

Was on a bus back in TY when a girl a few seats up fell out of her seat. No one else seemed to do anything but I got her in the recovery position and she regained consciousness. Never found out exactly what happened her, but neither she nor her friends were very thankful but they were pretty shocked I suppose. I doubt she would have died, but who knows I suppose.


Family story:
This would probably go back as far as the 1920s. An infant nephew of my grand aunt was sleeping in a cot in the kitchen. She'd temporarily left and when she returned she saw a pig walking out the front door. She saw his legs flailing in the pig's mouth so she grabbed a brush and smacked the pig with it until it dropped him, unscathed.

Several years later she heard burglars in her house during the night and crept to the kitchen to find the now adult nephew rooting in the cupboards. She took a fire iron and smacked him out the door yelling "I should have let the feckin' sow have ya"!

50SofG

sitting at a pool on holidays many years ago, a four years old girl got out of pool took armband off headed of, came back few minutes later and just jump in deep end, i was a bit hung over to be honest but noboby seam to see her so i dived in and took her out,
this was my niece and amazingly so she thanked me at her 21st birthday, i didn't think she'd remember:)

spotted to kids at the another time at the beach heading very far on a lydo and it looked damgerous to me i was in the sea at the time, couldn't see an adult with them and sure enough they fell off, it took me awhile to swim out to them but i got them back, if i'm not mistake thw mam gave them a slap for it, she was oblivious to it all.