Iceaxe
11-08-2011, 06:16 PM
Reno, Nev (KRNV & MyNews4.com) -- This is the story of a good samaritan, who helped rescue two people -- and he did it with a garden hose!
When clothing store manager Frank Osborn finishes work, he's hoping his drive home up Mount Rose Highway is nothing like last Thursday night's.
"It seemed like they lost control, and then they headed to the side of the road, and went off it," said Osborn.
But when a car -- with a woman and a two year old boy inside -- spins off the highway in icy conditions and down a cliff, it's a guy like Osborn you want to be there.
"I did what was natural and pulled over to make sure they were okay," he said.
Osborn is a canyoneer who's taken canyoneering classes in Utah and carries rope in his car. The Problem was, when he went to grab the rope (so he could tie it to a post and descend down the hill) it wasn't in his car. So he grabbed the next best thing -- a 100 foot garden hose, which he had bought to clean his deck.
Osborn ripped the hose out of its packaging, tied it to the road post, descended down it, and first brought the boy back to safety (and to the warm car).
"He was yelling and screming, in shock, it was very cold, he was shaking, it was 20 degrees," said Osborn.
Osborn went back to assist the mother in climbing up the garden hose, as they warmed up and waited for NHP.
"I couldn't believe no one was really hurt," he said.
As for that garden hose knot which he tied to the post, it's called the Clove Hitch knot, he says. And those skills he learned as a canyoneer, might never come in more handy.
(The woman who was rescued doesn't speak english and lives out of the area, but osborn says she was very thankful... As for the hose, he never got around to cleaning his deck, but he says maybe he'll get around to cleaning it next year.)
http://www.mynews4.com/news/local/story/Local-Man-Rescues-Two-People-After-Car-Crash-With/3d6KlSZaM0W-DKVm1_A6mA.cspx
When clothing store manager Frank Osborn finishes work, he's hoping his drive home up Mount Rose Highway is nothing like last Thursday night's.
"It seemed like they lost control, and then they headed to the side of the road, and went off it," said Osborn.
But when a car -- with a woman and a two year old boy inside -- spins off the highway in icy conditions and down a cliff, it's a guy like Osborn you want to be there.
"I did what was natural and pulled over to make sure they were okay," he said.
Osborn is a canyoneer who's taken canyoneering classes in Utah and carries rope in his car. The Problem was, when he went to grab the rope (so he could tie it to a post and descend down the hill) it wasn't in his car. So he grabbed the next best thing -- a 100 foot garden hose, which he had bought to clean his deck.
Osborn ripped the hose out of its packaging, tied it to the road post, descended down it, and first brought the boy back to safety (and to the warm car).
"He was yelling and screming, in shock, it was very cold, he was shaking, it was 20 degrees," said Osborn.
Osborn went back to assist the mother in climbing up the garden hose, as they warmed up and waited for NHP.
"I couldn't believe no one was really hurt," he said.
As for that garden hose knot which he tied to the post, it's called the Clove Hitch knot, he says. And those skills he learned as a canyoneer, might never come in more handy.
(The woman who was rescued doesn't speak english and lives out of the area, but osborn says she was very thankful... As for the hose, he never got around to cleaning his deck, but he says maybe he'll get around to cleaning it next year.)
http://www.mynews4.com/news/local/story/Local-Man-Rescues-Two-People-After-Car-Crash-With/3d6KlSZaM0W-DKVm1_A6mA.cspx