Ok a bit long and done on a cell phone sorry for any errors. Ok over the years I have witnessed some horrible accidents but one event hit me hard and almost resulted in me almost doing nothing in a later similar situation where people were trapped and needed help, this made me more sick, angry and questioning humanity. I have since accepted that some people are just assholes and sadly so.

I was sitting at a red light and saw a horrific collision feet from my car, I watched a car just get destroyed by a suv and fliped over onto the roof sliding into a pole. I jumped from my seat and immediately ran to vehicle, I assumed the worse this was no fender bemder. I looked through the smoke and twisted metal and surprised that i saw movement at all, than came a blood curling sceam for help from a woman inside traped and clearly injured. I tried force opening the door but it would not budge an inch, I yelled for help but the few people waching just seemed to stare at me. My adrenaline was flowing full bore as i could see she was covered in blood and in need of immediate help. I just acted and pathetically had to do so alone, I kicked out her passenger window crawled into the mangled car and tried to get her free from the steering wheel and searbelt that had her pinned against her seat upside down as blood pooled on the roof. I couldn't free her, I tried again and again with the same result not even a budge, she was stuck and starting to black out. I grabbed me pocket knife and cut the belt she fell like a sack of potatoes onto her head, I backed out and layed her flat across the mess next to the driver seat, she looked at me in tears thanking me over and over. I began asking her basic information, what day of the week it was, her phone number, about husband, her grandkids I was trying to keep her awake. I asked her where she hurt and if she could move her hands and legs. She could I climbed out of the vehicle and there was a man standing there I asked if he had called 911 he than asked if I wanted him to, honestly I don't think I responded to him I could hear this old woman screaming so I climbed back inside the wreck. I tried to calm her and finally I was able to understand what she was saying, help I smell gas I smell gas help help. Traffic now was moving and just going around the cars and it seemed unsafe and man was I right. I decided to get her out of there I kicked the broken front windshield of the car out trying to keep her head as stable as possible, I pulled her free wgile dodging traffic and got her to the side of the road. It was clear she was pretty bad shape I could hear the ambulance in the distance and now people were gathering and trying to help her. I felt relived. Not 30 seconds later in what sounded like an bomb went off another car barreled into her wreck at prob 50 mph sending her flipped car 30 feet over a small drainage ditch and into a few cars in a nearby parking lot. I was in shock now being I was bent over her only feet from this. I turned around and saw it was a police car that had smashed into her car. Moments later a ambulance arrived and ran to now the 3 or 4 injured individuals. As i looked at the damage I knew there would have been no chance of survival if she was still inside her car, the police report agreed and I was later released with no charges. It ended good and noone was killed i thought that was the end, well it was just the beggining 3 months later or so I get a letter requiring my presence in court, this woman was suing me for injuries that were aquired during the accident. Angry and confused I hired a lawyer and went to court. I arrive and her defense was simple and clear the state of Florida has a law that requires no person to assist someone injured and there is no duty to provide aid or assist even if a individual life is in peril. I just stood there looked at her and all i could do not to get more charges was look and smile. The lawyers did their thing towards the end I was directly asked by the judge if I would ever consider acting in such away again if I felt a life was in need, I responded without hesitation yes of course I would and it makes me sad to question myself based on a fear of a lawsuit. She was a 92 year old woman and asked for a rebuttal or statement, that left me scratching my head and speechless. She than thanked me for being there and acknowledged that she believed I saved her life and apologizes for the hassle of all this however she feels I should have done nothing and fears I will act like this again. I was fucking baffled, I.. I.. I.. had no response to this that was acceptable in a court of law. After multiple days in court and now a sizable legal debt, the judge made a decision stateing that the case is dismessed, she argued and he quickly responded with something close to: you are trying to punish someone who you admit and believe his actions assisted in saving your life, case dismissed. Seems I was protected under laws of good samaritan and the entire case was dismissed, even so I was sick it came to this.

She did not care both her and her son were very verbal about the ruling and he was angry he was so upset he could not shut up and next was order to leave, but her sonhe just began screaming at me right there, at this point I thought he was going get violent and I walked away, seconds later I saw he was being detained and I walked out thinking that was the end. Wrong, he filled a civil suit against me and I having no choice I put on my war face and went to battle again with this asshole, it all ended in a similar result; however this time around we were able to get him to cover some of the legal cost of my defense. I never received a bill from my attorney for this case and never questioned it. Since than I have not let this stop me from helping anyone.

A few years ago i was driving across country in the middle of the night I came across a recent accident on the interstate there was a van with 3 people inside and I did help them all get out safely. I was t-boned by a driver with no license no insurance who was here as a refuge from the Iraq war this one was bad and required me to perform cpr on her until the fire dept arrived. There were no other lawsuits involved but after I did feel fear for possible legal trouble. I really dont understand how the law can expect me to not help someone in such need, and just stand by. These incidents were not mild and left scars that are forever etched into my head and relived regularly. I only hope that good people out there will help me or anyone else if ever found in a moment of such despire.