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AmethystOrator OP t1_ir7rwqj wrote

Reply to comment by Shenanigamii in Son's images show him rescuing Mom from Ian's floodwaters by AmethystOrator

That's not what happened though.

> Lauder, who said he has rescue diver training, dove out the window. He swam, walked, waded and kicked through water for about 45 minutes to get to her house. He said a van and a couple cars floated past him as he steered clear of sparking electric poles.

> He put her on a table and bundled her in dry sheets from a high shelf. He worried about the sores around her body — open wounds that were dangerously susceptible to infection in the bacteria-ridden floodwater.

> They waited three hours for the water to subside, so he could push her through the streets in her wheelchair. When the water was a couple feet high, he called for his 20-year-old son to join them and help push grandma to safety.

With 3 hours of having nothing to do but wait for the water to subside then he took some pics to update his family.

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Djinn42 t1_ir8egzv wrote

Except he stopped while this very old woman was standing unassisted in water up to her chest (he's very concerned about her sores) to take a pic...

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arca5 t1_ir8ocag wrote

She probably asked him if he was hungry and wouldn't take no for an answer.

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AmethystOrator OP t1_ir8f44n wrote

He might've had a good reason for that, or thought he did. Or maybe she wanted it for some reason?

I wouldn't have wanted to take a picture like that, but if it was the quickest way to get her out of the water then I would've. I wasn't there so can't say, only that it seems like the help he provided seems significant to me.

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Djinn42 t1_ir8fa3v wrote

>He might've had a good reason for that

Except he said he was very concerned about her sores. I.e. get her out of the dirty water asap.

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AmethystOrator OP t1_ir8fkds wrote

Right. I'm saying that IF she wanted a pic for some reason then snapping the pic and getting her out of the water would've almost certainly taken less time than trying to debate or negotiate with her.

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