TV station finds EMS crew who pulled man, wheelchair & dog up icy hill
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We first brought you this video over the weekend thanks to reader Todd Hutchinson who told us about Jerry Wright’s video from any icy Lancaster, Pennsylvania hill that was posted at Must See Pics an Vids on Facebook. The images of an EMS crew blocking traffic and solving this problem they spotted on the street was among my favorite of the recent snows. Now we know the rest of the story in the video above and the excerpt below.
Elisha Nieves and his constant travel companion, The Red Baron, depend on his wheelchair to get around. Two hours had passed and they had no idea how they were going to get home, until EMT Richard Canard and two coworkers stopped their ambulance to see if he was okay.
“It was snowing at the time and we didn’t feel comfortable leaving him there,” Canard said. “So we chose to actually chose to push and pull him to his residence about a block and a half away at the top of the hill.”
Canard used nine foot straps to wrap around the wheelchair and pull Nieves, while a volunteer EMT pushed from behind.
The strenuous task took about 45 minutes to get the man and his dog home. Though a little sore afterward, Canard said he was glad to do it.
