OT- Cowboy saves child from a well with Lasso
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OT- Cowboy saves child from a well with Lasso
Good thing this ol' boy was near by when the kid fell in.
http://www2.arkansasonline.com/news/200 ... -out-well/
DODDRIDGE — A 7-year-old boy who fell into an abandoned water well in southwest Arkansas was rescued by a cowboy from a nearby ranch who used a lariat to lift the boy to safety.
Miller County authorities told the Texarkana Gazette that Reed Nations lassoed the boy out of the well Tuesday morning before the rescuers summoned by the boy’s grandmother could arrive.
The boy, Jonathan Easter, was helping an aunt clear brush at an old house near Doddridge when he fell 20 to 30 feet down the well, which had sand walls.
Family members could not get Jonathan out and they called for help at about 8:15 a.m. About five minutes later, the family called back to say the boy was safe and had only a cut on an arm, according to an incident report by Miller County sheriff’s deputy Alan Keller.
The family didn’t know the rescuer’s name, though neighbors told them it was Nations, who works on the Greg Williams Ranch in southern Miller County. The report says Nations retrieved the rope from his vehicle.
Arkansas State Police Sgt. John Bishop confirmed Nations rescued the boy, and described Nations as modest.
“After three tries he was able to put the rope around the boy and pull him out of the well. He is a cowboy and doesn’t want the notoriety,” Bishop said.
The Doddridge Volunteer Fire Department covered the well and told the landowner to keep the well sealed.
Nations did not return phone calls from the Gazette for comment about the rescue.
Doddridge is about four miles from the Louisiana border and about 25 miles south of Texarkana.
http://www2.arkansasonline.com/news/200 ... -out-well/
DODDRIDGE — A 7-year-old boy who fell into an abandoned water well in southwest Arkansas was rescued by a cowboy from a nearby ranch who used a lariat to lift the boy to safety.
Miller County authorities told the Texarkana Gazette that Reed Nations lassoed the boy out of the well Tuesday morning before the rescuers summoned by the boy’s grandmother could arrive.
The boy, Jonathan Easter, was helping an aunt clear brush at an old house near Doddridge when he fell 20 to 30 feet down the well, which had sand walls.
Family members could not get Jonathan out and they called for help at about 8:15 a.m. About five minutes later, the family called back to say the boy was safe and had only a cut on an arm, according to an incident report by Miller County sheriff’s deputy Alan Keller.
The family didn’t know the rescuer’s name, though neighbors told them it was Nations, who works on the Greg Williams Ranch in southern Miller County. The report says Nations retrieved the rope from his vehicle.
Arkansas State Police Sgt. John Bishop confirmed Nations rescued the boy, and described Nations as modest.
“After three tries he was able to put the rope around the boy and pull him out of the well. He is a cowboy and doesn’t want the notoriety,” Bishop said.
The Doddridge Volunteer Fire Department covered the well and told the landowner to keep the well sealed.
Nations did not return phone calls from the Gazette for comment about the rescue.
Doddridge is about four miles from the Louisiana border and about 25 miles south of Texarkana.
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Re: OT- Cowboy saves child from a well with Lasso
What is it Girl? Timmy fell in the well again? He needs rescuing?
Forget it.
I think we should leave him there and make another. That one is just plumb too stupid to live...
Forget it.
I think we should leave him there and make another. That one is just plumb too stupid to live...
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Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976
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Re: OT- Cowboy saves child from a well with Lasso
Good for the kid the parents and the hand, I always have a rope in my truck never know when you have to drag, tow,tie down or hang something. danny
Re: OT- Cowboy saves child from a well with Lasso
You beat me to it. Shows were getting along in years.Old Ironsights wrote:What is it Girl? Timmy fell in the well again? He needs rescuing?
Forget it.
I think we should leave him there and make another. That one is just plumb too stupid to live...
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Re: OT- Cowboy saves child from a well with Lasso
Good for him.
I used to carry a lariat in my patrol cruiser just in case.
I used to carry a lariat in my patrol cruiser just in case.
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Re: OT- Cowboy saves child from a well with Lasso
and he rode off into the sunsetThe family didn’t know the rescuer’s name
Re: OT- Cowboy saves child from a well with Lasso
Who was that masked man?
Not unusual behavior. Back when I did the fire thing, we would sometimes arrive after someone was attending to folks. They usually just drifted away in the controlled chaos. Lots of folks do the right thing, and then just want it forgotten about.
Not unusual behavior. Back when I did the fire thing, we would sometimes arrive after someone was attending to folks. They usually just drifted away in the controlled chaos. Lots of folks do the right thing, and then just want it forgotten about.
Jeepnik AKA "Old Eyes"
"Go low, go slow and preferably in the dark" The old Sarge (he was maybe 24.
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"Every man should have at least one good rifle and know how to use it" Dad
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"Freedom is never more that a generation from extinction" Ronald Reagan
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Re: OT- Cowboy saves child from a well with Lasso
well that says it all."...He is a cowboy and doesn’t want the notoriety,” Bishop said.
"I'll tell you what living is. You get up when you feel like it. You fry yourself some eggs. You see what kind of a day it is."
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Re: OT- Cowboy saves child from a well with Lasso
A rope? Just one? I've generally got my soft horse/branding pen rope, a heading rope, a heavy doctoring rope, and probably a couple others!BigSky56 wrote:Good for the kid the parents and the hand, I always have a rope in my truck never know when you have to drag, tow,tie down or hang something. danny
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