I was injured when a co-worker and friend was about to be crushed when a rack with approximately 500 lbs. of stuff on it fell with him under it. I am not much of a thinker so without thinking I got between it and him. It hit me really hard and kind of crushed me but I was able to keep it off him so he could get out and then I pushed it up with my good leg and finally was able to push press it enough to get it off me and make it fall to one side.
I was all black and blue and bleeding but my good friend was okay. He is really small and reminds me sometimes of John but John was smaller. My boss said i could not file for workers comp to help as he didn't witness it even though my friend told him I kept him from getting killed or hurt bad. So time healed me but I was no longer able to do some things with my upper body that I took for granted. My friend has two young children and a very loving wife. That is enough for me. My friend tells them he and I are brothers. There is honor in that, believe me.
I have to get better as I don't want surgery because i died in the first one and while I dont remember anything from that 3 minutes I don't want to have it happend again. I need to be around a bit longer so i can retire so my family is better off when I am gone. I know doesnt make much sense but remember I have mental problems. I have stopped correcting my writing for now as i am tired and need to get ready for my medicines. Sorry for hte errors.
That was a great film you put the picture from! Thank you for that memory, sir.
Wow! What a harrowing experience to go through. Thank goodness you had the strength to save your friend and coworker plus yourself. There is honor in your quick thinking and willingness to risk ruining your health or possibly ending your life to save someone else from the same.
Your boss was a liar and an asshole for convincing you that you would not qualify for workers comp. You must know that is not true. If you lost time from work, hopefully, your jerk boss made sure you got paid. And there must have been medical expenses, all of which would have been covered by worker's comp.
Who is John? I have a friend who is small and slight whose name is John. Reading that made me think of him. He's very strong for his size....but to look at him, you'd never guess this.
Knowing that you were dead for three minutes because of a surgery is enough to scare anyone from ever undergoing it again. So, I get that. What happened? Was it a fluke or is there good reason to believe this would happen if you were to ever to need surgery?
Nobody is better off when someone they love dies. Maybe you need to be able to work until you can retire and spend all your time doing whatever you enjoy doing.
In 2009, when I retired everyone at work wanted to know my plans. Honestly, I had no plans other than to wake up each day and do whatever I decided to. It didn't quite work out that way because for 6 years, I took care of my wife. Not begrudgingly though. Now that I can truly take each day as it comes, I'm bored a lot and not sure what I want to do. COVID has made this worse. I'd be a complete hermit if it weren't for the fact that my family lives with me, which requires me to interact with other people.
Take care of yourself. That is the best gift you can give those you love and who love you.