Spcs. Casey Brandle and Justin Stinnett saving the world
Devtun sends us a link to the story of Kentucky National Guard Specialists Casey Brandle and Justin Stinnett who, last month saved 87-year-old David Hamilton who had lost control of his car and plunged into raging waters alongside the road;
A Daviess County Sheriff Deputy reported that Hamilton lost control of his vehicle and plunged into the waters along a stretch of highway. The deputy witnessed Brandle and Stinnett “selflessly and without hesitation” jump into the water, swim to the vehicle and assist Hamilton out of the car and up the embankment where emergency personnel would arrive to care for him.
“We were on our way to the armory when we noticed the car drive off the road and into the flood water,” recalled Brandle. “We stopped to see if anyone needed assistance and we saw the car was sinking and someone on the inside trying to get out, so we jumped in to help.”
As the two Soldiers made it the vehicle, Stinnett applied his weight to the rear of the car to keep it from nose diving more into the water, while Brandle pulled Hamilton from the driver’s side window.
Brandle and Stinnett both remain humble for the ordeal and are thankful everyone is alive and well to commemorate the experience. Stinnett said he joined the Guard to gain a greater understanding of what he wanted out of a career as a machinist and welder. February 27 taught him a lot more.
“It’s an honor to me having our actions considered heroic,” Stinnett said. “But, it’s one of those things that to me I feel as if anyone with a good heart would do the same. And I like to believe everyone else would have done the same.”
Category: Real Soldiers
Glad this one worked out so well. What they did was incredibly dangerous.
Yeah.
The sheer power of moving water has to be experienced to be believed.
One does not expect six inches of rapidly moving flood to knock a man down, but it often does.
One of the most difficult, but important, lessons to get across to aspiring canoeists and kayakers is just how strong moving water is, and how dangerous.
Outstanding job gentlemen!
Well done Soldiers. Damned well done.
Well Done.
Two fine young men… well done x 2!
I find it interesting that those who do, don’t think they did anything special and don’t need to talk about it, while those who didn’t talk a big game.
Good job guys.
You know, too many people are killed by water.
They need to ban DiHydrogen Monoxide…
March for life, call the Tide Pod Army out !!! Get all the SJW’s on this, millions of lives depend on it !!!
Tide Pod Army !!!!!!