'If I didn't save this woman, I'd hear those screams the rest of my life'

[Luddly Neddite]

'If I didn't save this woman, I'd hear those screams the rest of my life'


A Baldwin County deputy went above and beyond the call of duty to rescue an elderly woman from a house fire in Georgia.

It all started with the 911 call. When Baldwin County Dispatcher, James Bohannon, picked up the call at 4:27 p.m. on Monday, the caller hung up.

"When I called it back the line actually picked up and then it immediately hung up," said Bohannon.

He says that nine times out of ten, 911 hang-ups are pranks, but since he's trained to take all calls seriously, he dialed again. This time, he got a busy signal.

"At that point, I dispatched the deputy and got the deputy in route," Bohannon said.

When Josh Mays arrived, he saw smoke, and without hesitation went inside.

"As soon as I got the door open, I could hear a woman's voice screaming. She was hollering for help," Mays said.

He countered those screams with consoling words of his own.

"I told her I was here and was going to attempt to get her," Mays recalled.

We all need to remember that most cops are more like this guy than what we've been reading in the news lately.

 

[bucs90]

Excellent post. Thank you.

 

[pismoe]

saw it on the news , good for the lady that saved the old woman .

 

[Dekster]

Great story, but all the good deeds by all the good cops in the universe do not change that the issues of the bad ones and the bad practices need to be addressed.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful story about those who do not get the recognition that they deserve.

God bless you and them and the woman always!!!

Holly

P.S. And in my opinion, only a person with a heart, like that man for example, really would have heard the sound of the woman's voice for the rest of their life.

 

[Mr. H.]

Thank goodness that dispatcher dispatched the dispatchee.