although i was an unmarked unit i answered the call i heard over the two way.it was for an accident on the la freeway.im not in traffic but for some reason i answered the call,willian adam 7 respondind.
as i pulled up to the accident i thought,nothing left here but coroners work.i got out and walked past the wreckage,the camaro had no top,neither did the occupants,the rig was fully ingulfed,nothing to do there,then i saw some reflection down the embankment,as i radioed in i ran down the steep enbankment.there i found another vehichle,rolled several time and the top of the car leval with the body,more casualties i thought.
as i started to walk away i heard a faint help.i ran back and called out for the survivor.i got a faint response and i looked for a way in.as i reached under an exposed possable entry i felt something wet against my legs,when i stood up i got the pugenant smell of gas.
i layed next to the entry and talked to the occupant,she was an 18 year old,and in labor,.i looked up the embankment and saw a state truck,i ran up and found it to be a water tanker for the highway dept.unable to get him to cooperate i comendered the truck and drove it to the shoulder.another man came up to help me.togather we rolled hose down to the vehichle in an attempt to watr down the gas.once we got that started we were able to slowly roll the car to a possition whee i had access to the driver.
by that time i heard more sirens approach but i couldnt stop what i was doing.i crawled into the vehichle and was able to free the young girl from her strapps.she was bleeding bad but what was worse,she began to have her baby.
as i worked inside the vehichle fire and paramedics arrived outside the vehichle.they worked to stabalize the car while i continued inside.the baby was healthy and i passed it back through the clearing to a paramedic.i then turned my attention to the girl,now unconscience.she was bleeding rom her legs and face but the worse was a jagged piece of tin embedded in her neck,right next to the juggular.id been a paramedic for years as well as an officer but this was beyond my training.we got the hospial on the line and i began to try and follow the instructions as they were relayed to me.foam from the fire dept was beginning to fill in around me aand i was nautouse from the watered down gas.soon i had her wrapped and leavinf the tin in place i gauzes around it.it was now or never,we had to try extracation.
we didnt have the jaws of life then and the saw was out of the question.they used their hands and what ever they could find to pry the opening bigger so we could remove her.the trick was how to remove her and me at the same time,and the backboard had no give.
i pulled her back as i crouched in the corner,as they pulled i guided.suddenly the car rolled ahain as the men on the outside tried to physically brace the car,paramedics worked to free the girl.they finally had her free and as i srarted to follow her i found that the car has rolled enough to trap my jacket under the car.i was unable to escape.
as i struggled to free myself from my jacket i felt the car begin to slide,i heard the crews yellind but they could not contain the car.i remember the gas and the feeling of the roll then i guess i blacked out.
i awoke the next day.my co and several officers and fire dept personel were there.i was stiff but as i mentally took inventory i was whole and could feel all my extrimeties.a nurse asked me a few questions and then left.a small teen age boy made his way through the crowed.he carried a lil baby.this is consualla jessie martinez,my daughter he said,a proud look on his face.i didnt say anything but he took my hand and grasp it saying something i was unable to grasp.
i was in the hospital for three days.it appeared id swallowed gas and water,lol.the doc came in and said i was a lucky man,the car indeed had slid and rolled over twice while i was inside.it landed on its side in a small pond like body of water.
later as i began to remember things i asked about the young girl and the baby.my partner laughed and said i met the baby,it was the one that the young man had brought to me.when i asked about the girl again he looked at me and turned and walked out,i was sad,i knew she had died.
soon the nurse wheeled in another bed ,strange i thought,i had a private room.she came around and said i would have a guest for a little while.i shrugged and said fine.figuring id have some grouchie old fart i turned on the tv while they brought the old fart in.
soon they pulled back the curtain and shut off the tv,i started to protest but i saw the young man standing there.he finished pulling back the curtain and there i saw the baby in a small bed and as i looked at the grumpy old fart,my heart lept with joy,there was the young lady and mother.the young man knelt by my bed and spoke with tears in his eyes.this is my familia,it is becouse of you i have them,he then broke down.i looked at the girl,bandaged from head to toe.she was the second most beautiful site id ever seen.then i looked at the most beautiful site of all as the oung man raised the baby and laid her im my arms.
that was many years ago.so many that i recieved an invitation to a graduation at the lapd accadamy.
it read you are cordually invited to the graduation of consualia jessie martinez,top graduate of the class of 2000.
some times life does out do death and when it does,its truely gods work.today consuala is a swat member of the elite lapd.her dad is a dr.in san fransisco.her mom,she works as a theropist for people injured in accidents.
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