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Hero or not, being able to help, and in this case getting that poor guy's hand out of there, helping aid and comforting someone who is injured is a lot more than being a good neighbor, some people may not have even investigated, others have an instinct at the first sign of trouble, those critters have a way of telling you things, I've seen that so many times here, one of the best things about em. Nothing wrong with a pat on the back there, and most humble people go on about their business, thinking nothing of it, no matter what it was that they did to help. As a kid, thanfully enough there were not any incidents here that caused injury, even when they some how got the 2010 up onto the 2nd floor of the barn, coming down the hill behind it, with a manure spreader on the back, ( I've got ask dad about that one again, bizarre one to say the least. Biggest problem was horses getting loose. I was by a pen once and the stallion charged right through the wooden gate, and there were others in there, instant stampede, so many other times had to round em up before they got to the road, had one get hit by a cadillac once, totalled it. Not sure why, but we had big problems with em gettting out, sounds kind of irresponsible thinking about it now, not sure why it happened so much. Saw one run full speed into and get tangled in a woven wire fence, going arse over tea kettle, and was a little too young to deal with this, don't recall where the tribal elders or parental units were, but always called a good friend of dads at a time like that, who was like 20 miles away, and he'd be there in 20 minutes everytime, the last time was the one where the horse was tangled up in that fence, we did get him out of it after getting him settled down, with no injuries, was a good friend and not so close neighbor, can't imagine what could have happened if this guy had not shown up in those days. He has trouble walking now, don't get to see him much, but another one who saved the day and thought nothing of it. Sometimes people like this have no idea how much they are appreciated, it's good to let em know, and do the same in return.
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