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July 2008 
They Gave Me An Award
Bill
In my blog, in the "You Wanna Hear A Crazy Story" entry, I described the night when a guy crashed his truck into my stream. Well, the township gave me an award for that. Here I am with some policemen getting the award. In case it's not obvious, I'm the big guy at the right end of the row of policemen.
The Cheif of Police started calling me, out of the blue, last week. leaving messages on my answering machine, saying they wanted me to come to an awards ceremony with the policeman and fireman who helped save the guy. At first I ignored it, but she kept calling me, so I gave in. This is a picture of the award ceremony which happened this past monday.
http://telesterion.zaadz.com/blog/2006/3/wanna_hear_a_crazy_story
What the hell, how often do you get an award? the water wasn't waist deep tho, they fibbed a little about that, it was about two feet deep. The certificate is in a nice frame, but I only scanned the document.
http://telesterion.zaadz.com/photos/view/14553
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The reality is … you deserved the award. Good going, Bill!
Y’know mate, you did a good thing, regardless of water depth or magnitude. Good deeds really can’t be measured in such ways. A person can easily drown in a tea-spoon of water -but that’s asides the point. The mere fact that you’ve got a story to tell, and a framed piece of history on your wall to remind you of it, is fantastic!
Bravo! You saved someone's life and that changes the whole world! I've known two people who died in only inches of water because of similar accidents when they were unconscious. I'm sure the person you saved, as well as the family and all the generations to come whose lives are tied to that person are forever grateful to you. : )