Several years ago, we had a string of events occur where Don was in the right place at the right time. I don't think I was blogging then, but in short, he was instrumental in saving a man's life, he kept a hotel shuttle bus from rolling into a lake, and there was one other thing that I don't remember right now! So I dubbed him Superman.
So yesterday at the tailgate, I noticed a large conflagration about four parking spots east of us. The flames were about five feet high and growing. Cars parked nearby were bailing quickly . . . it was not looking good. I showed it to Don and asked him to go get one of our fire extinguishers. He was a little hesitant to interfere, but I wasn't. Someone needed to do something! He got the extinguisher and was moving rather slowly, but with a little urging (ok, a lot of urging), he and his brother, Kevin, (a fire chief, by the way) ran up there and within about a minute, they had dispatched the fire.
The people had a turkey fryer, and the grease caught fire. No wonder it was burning so badly. Kevin said all they needed to do was put a lid on the fire, but I understand why they didn't. I am sure they were only a little concerned about burning themselves up! Anyway, when Don arrived and put it out, they were pretty relieved. The fire department arrived about 5 minutes later with nothing to do but check it out.
Anyway, though in two of the instances I was the one who spotted the trouble but didn't have the presence of mind to do something myself, Don did . . . and once again he saved the day!
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