Why do I keep picturing this alternate universe where a gaggle of 4-foot female pumpkin-shaped firefighters and cops are sent to the rescue where they proceed to scurry back and forth with their arms flailing but doing nothing. With $Millions of training, equipment, benefits and unfunded pensions nothing happens but continuous motion matched by continuous fecklessness and the continuous screams of their sister trucker still hanging over the side of a bridge.
Those are the images that keep replaying in my head...a total waste of taxpayer money and a danger to both the citizenry and their fellow officers...like a lifeguard that can't swim!
That is, assuming they actually arrive on the scene, and aren't too busy back at the station house conducting another "diversity sensitivity seminar" or something equally productive...
From slightly better photos on the internet, she appears to be black. But the search for the better photo showed that rescues from trucks hanging off bridges are more common than you might think, and we don't know how many vehicles were involved here or whether the Sysco driver was at fault. Truckers in general seem to lean conservative.
It has not been mentioned if she was the CAUSE of the accident. In any case, trucking cos tend not to be too crazy about driver that wreck their trucks…
If it were reported in a California newspaper, then the majority of the story would've focused on whether "the driver" was actually a woman or merely identified as one... (Either that or we still wouldn't know; instead the story would've simply used "they/them" throughout....)
Latest is a "four wheeler" aka a car struck her rig causing her to swerve into the bridge guardrail. Roughly 60% of serious crashes involving big trucks the trucker is found not at fault.
Is this what they call "toxic" masculinity? Or is this the regular kind? It's amazing that a woman being rescued by a man is antithetical to the message the New York Times wants to disseminate.
You mean she wasn't rescued by lady firefighters? :)
Why do I keep picturing this alternate universe where a gaggle of 4-foot female pumpkin-shaped firefighters and cops are sent to the rescue where they proceed to scurry back and forth with their arms flailing but doing nothing. With $Millions of training, equipment, benefits and unfunded pensions nothing happens but continuous motion matched by continuous fecklessness and the continuous screams of their sister trucker still hanging over the side of a bridge.
Not quite the promise of GI Jane.
“A gaggle of four foot fat women” - that sounds like all the police recruits Minneapolis can procure post Floyd.
Those are the images that keep replaying in my head...a total waste of taxpayer money and a danger to both the citizenry and their fellow officers...like a lifeguard that can't swim!
That is, assuming they actually arrive on the scene, and aren't too busy back at the station house conducting another "diversity sensitivity seminar" or something equally productive...
Agree Ann. Thank God for brave men. Thank God. Great story!
Ah, the Truth.
Yes. It’s actually quite a tonic.
I mentioned the possibility that driver was likely a Woman when I first saw this extraordinary video and got quiet agreement from my better half.
Hmm…no pictures of the woman? Probably to save her from any embarrassment. Besides, most of the women truck drivers I’ve seen are white.
From slightly better photos on the internet, she appears to be black. But the search for the better photo showed that rescues from trucks hanging off bridges are more common than you might think, and we don't know how many vehicles were involved here or whether the Sysco driver was at fault. Truckers in general seem to lean conservative.
Wow! Thanks for sharing!!!!
It has not been mentioned if she was the CAUSE of the accident. In any case, trucking cos tend not to be too crazy about driver that wreck their trucks…
If it were reported in a California newspaper, then the majority of the story would've focused on whether "the driver" was actually a woman or merely identified as one... (Either that or we still wouldn't know; instead the story would've simply used "they/them" throughout....)
Make my day! 🌄
Bravo
and for all we know, "her" is just one of the driver's preferred pronouns...
Latest is a "four wheeler" aka a car struck her rig causing her to swerve into the bridge guardrail. Roughly 60% of serious crashes involving big trucks the trucker is found not at fault.
Is this what they call "toxic" masculinity? Or is this the regular kind? It's amazing that a woman being rescued by a man is antithetical to the message the New York Times wants to disseminate.
Should describe the driver as “they.”
Another strong male profiling his toxic masculinity.😎🥃