Watching Sully, the movie. The response to the accident looked amazing, and my guess is that the film was not too far from real life. The public responded quickly and so did the emergency services. Over 1000 first responders where apparently involved – and involved quickly.
The other night I took my car out for a battery charge – on my way I passed an accident – a car overturned. Blue lights everywhere.
Then watching the events at Man U over the weekend and the aggression toward the police – the police who were simply doing their job – unacceptable.
Yes there are occasions when the emergency services step out of line (four have just been found guilty of an offence in this village), but the majority are people that are willing to put their life on the line for us. They are the people that run in to danger to bring us out of it.
I wonder how many of those people showing the aggression we could count on in an emergency, and I wonder how many of them would demand the emergency services help them when they are in trouble.
One of the things I have seen recently is an increase in property damage as I walk around. One of the benefits of the pandemic has been keeping a lid on unacceptable behaviour. Maybe we need to speak out to show people we will not accept it any longer.