Originally Posted By: hikermor
Again, it isn't the gadgets in you hot little hands, it's the stuff in your brains that counts.

So true.

I'm reminded of a lawsuit within the past few years. A woman in a traffic accident claims she was paralyzed (or it was made more severe) when a rescuer (actually, was it her friend?) pulled her out of the wreck and dragged her away (the phrase "like a ragdoll" seems to stick in my memory). IIRC the rescuer claimed that she feared a fire or explosion, but the first responders did not find any particularly hazardous situation when they arrived on scene. I have no idea what happened to that case.

Actually, I think we talked about it on ETS back then, too. Anyway, we don't know the reality of that situation, but certainly doing less or nothing very well could've been the best course to take in that situation.