If you haven't had a few maybe you don't know how great they can be. I'm a big fan of them for helping you get all your little problems into better perspective. They can sure add some spice to a day and make it memorable.
I took this picture the day after my first wedding anniversary. We were heading to Texas for Christmas with the in-laws, but just south of Boise were intercepted by a flying Camero piloted by a drunk driver. We were still a bit sore from being hit the previous day, but we went to the junk yard to get the last of our things out of the truck. I've never been very tolerant of drunk drivers and this sealed the deal for me. Kristi didn't want to get in a car on our anniversary for many years to follow.
I took this picture the day after my first wedding anniversary. We were heading to Texas for Christmas with the in-laws, but just south of Boise were intercepted by a flying Camero piloted by a drunk driver. We were still a bit sore from being hit the previous day, but we went to the junk yard to get the last of our things out of the truck. I've never been very tolerant of drunk drivers and this sealed the deal for me. Kristi didn't want to get in a car on our anniversary for many years to follow.
Donald Reed was awarded one of these and got a nice check for his actions on tax day '89 when our small boat breached in a sudden squall on the Snake River, 85 years to the day after the award fund was established. You can search the Carnegie Hero Fund site with his name for details of the day. Thanks to Google's news archives search, I was able to dig up two of the old newspaper articles as well. Here is the article in the local paper a couple days later, and another one on the first page when Don won the hero award. Deeper in the same paper I found the rest of the award article.
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