[Mortikus]

Yesterday I was in a veteran's parade in uniform, was pretty cool... hadn't been a part of a parade in 18 or so years so it was fun... our local biker bar owner setup a huge pot luck Thanksgiving get together, which was simply amazing, but in the middle while a bunch were preparing food some of us wanted to ride... so ride we did.

We left after a beer and headed south into the countryside for another town about 40 miles away to a small biker friendly bar out there. We stopped for gas because one of the guy's bike was low, but right when we were going to leave he started having a strange clutch problem. Bike didn't want to go into neutral and liked to creep away in first... after a good deal of head shaking he decided he could ride and stop in second, but using second to take off his passenger decided to ride with another bike... still no biggie, but all these things made for random and curious delays.

I decided 'not' to post this on the social networks... too many idiots would think the pics are 'cool', whereas the biker community (us) have a tendency to understand far better the seriousness of situations.

While we were riding around 55-60mph in a 60 zone, this older Crown Victoria we could tell wanted to get by... long stretch of road ahead he decided to pass, flying past and after us kept continuing to gain speed... they had to be going 100 or so. They quickly were out of sight, and then we came around the next corner... there was a car on the side of the road and two people rolling/crawling in the grass... 60 or so feet of large wooden fencing was gone and the car was 'in' it. Our group of 10 or so bikes immediately halted (a car in front of us kept going)... and we pulled to the side of the road next to them.

Two of our guys are CLS (combat life saving) trained and literally jumped off their bikes (one almost ditching it). Another was a current nurse... these guys were extremely lucky we were delayed how we were (we would have been beyond them) and we didn't see another vehicle for 10-15 minutes after we showed up, and they needed IMMEDIATE attention.

One guy's left arm was fractured in 5 places or so, bone hanging out everywhere... the other had intense facial lacerations, most of his face was scalped away... we believe he will lose the eye, but it is quite simply and unbelievably amazing these two a) survived the initial impact at all, and b) were able to be taken care of within 1 minute of injury by 3 qualified people and that we just 'happened' to be there right on time like that.

The amublances, fire trucks, sheriffs took 20 or so minutes to arrive after the first 911 call (we were WAY out there)... and about 15 minutes after that the two helicopters showed up to airlift these guys away.

Was quite happy we were able to help. The ride home (yes we still made it to the bar and had one to cool the nerves) was somber and safe... made it back to the HUGE Thanksgiving potluck and lots of hugs, cheers, stories, and eventually a nice night at home with the wife/daughter a movie and nightcaps...

Ride safe brothers and sisters.

Mort

Here's my friend Jeremy, combat tank driver... still dealing with PTSD, was in a APC that got blown up and some other issues. He was one of the CLS guys who saved these guys, he even got their number and what's even better, before the guy was airlifted he told him "you guys have completely changed how I think about bikers"...

Mort

 

[epiphysis]

good job!! just cause we all have a certain look doesn't mean we are that way!!

 

[Bassdude404]

Man you wasn't kidding about the car being "in" the fence!!...Amazing the driver didn't get that fence rail right through his head!!...I've always said I'd rather be "lucky" then "good" any day....Those folks were "lucky" you all were there to help...

 

[DrOmega]

Very cool that your groups skill set included everything they needed... Prayers for the quick healing of the injured.
They were quite blessed to have so many with so much right there...

 

[M-2]

WOW! That is amazing. Good job to you and your friends.

 

[MPD193]

Good of you to stop and help and thanks to those combat Vets who are still serving our country even though they are not active military.atriot:

 

[bull117]

Kudos...the real gravity of the situation is that you more than likely saved two lives.

Bull

 

[Mortikus]

Yeah it's sad the drive may have lost an eye (still we don't know for sure)... the vet in the pic in his uniform forefront was the one with one of the guys through the whole ordeal... called him by name by the time we left, has his phone number and expects they may become distance buddies after it all... we're hoping their outcome is as good as it can be... truly, still suprised they survived the initial hit.

Mort

 

[chopperhound1971]

kudos..

 

[mooneydriver]

Thank you guys for helping these folks when it was really needed. Wishing you well.

 

[Deno]

Good call you guys. My CLS training has served me well more than once. Thanks for sharing Mort.

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[DKilleen]

A big "attaboy" for your group, Mort. Way to bust a stereotype.:mosh:

Ride Safe:choppersm

 

[jpierce575]

Definitely thank you all for doing what you could. Being a first responder myself, I appreciate when bystanders are willing to jump in and help people that are in trouble, especially when they are complete strangers.

 

[lamaybl5711]

Good job on the group mentality of helping others. As a group you most likely did save a couple of lives and also changed the outlook (and perception) of at least one person who will most likely tell others of what happened and how some "bikers" helped out which will ultimately changes others opinions (hopefully).

 

[Spoiler]

Way to go.... Thumbs up to all invoived in helping out

 

[Jag75]

God works in mysterious ways. They are very lucky

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[Eagle One]

Thanks for doing the right thing, and representing the "biker" community so well! Those guys guardian Angels were working OT!

 

[jocko165]

makes me proud to own a bike and even prouder of our men and women in uniform. God bless ALL who have served and are serving now. Thank you for being there...wherever you are. Prayers for those 2 men and for those that helped

 

[Gonzo1970]

Job well done!

-Gonz

 

[RDACPA]

Mark another one up for the good guys on the bikes.
The only thing I could have done would be do their tax returns while the trained people saved their lives.
One of my riding buddies could have written up the passenger's lawsuit.
Hey, it takes all kinds of us.