Saved from a Car Wash

1. renderanything
   February 11th, 2009 at 10:26 am

   That's why they have warnings on machines with spinning parts and in-house training hopefully. Good to know she's alright though.

2. kazanjig
   February 11th, 2009 at 10:30 am

   Not to make light of a serious injury, but was Carpluk really plucked by a car(wash)?

3. Justin
   February 11th, 2009 at 10:39 am

   LOL I guess she was just fulfilling her destiny Kazanjig.

4. DBinNYC
   February 11th, 2009 at 11:36 am

   sounds like Isadora Duncan...

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadora_Duncan#Death

5. Gail Pink
   February 11th, 2009 at 11:53 am

   Not to be insensitive, by why the hell is someone working around "Spinning machinery" wearing a long scarf? Hello?

6. Gauldar
   February 11th, 2009 at 12:20 pm

   @Gail Pink

   People that use logic rarely make the news, and usualy for good reasons. Concidering she lived I'm sure she will never wear a scarf again in her life, and probibly also develop a phobia regarding fear of aphixiation or constriction. Reminds me that I should probibly get a new pocket knife, someone took my old one and I just never ended up replacing it.

7. Oakheart
   February 11th, 2009 at 1:36 pm

   The real hero here is the right to carry a pocket knife. Do you have one? Did you know that in most states a pocket knife is not considered a weapon? Fewer and fewer of us are carrying them and that is really sad.

8. JustinButNotTHATJustin
   February 11th, 2009 at 3:02 pm

   That made me tear up a little bit. What a hero that man was for being prepared; and how wonderful to come back to consciousness hearing such encouraging words.

9. Kayla
   February 11th, 2009 at 3:41 pm

   ha i saw that on the news. us crazy New Englanders. good thing she's ok though

10. Kathe
    February 11th, 2009 at 7:11 pm

    Yeah, this merited half of the front page on our local newspaper yesterday. Ah, small town life.

11. Carl
    February 11th, 2009 at 8:12 pm

    Although I always have my pocket knife on me, fighting the machine uprising was never really high on the likelihood of my uses for it. It generally tackles package tape and apples.

    Huh.

12. Katey
    February 11th, 2009 at 10:41 pm

    I used to live in that town and go to that very car wash.

13. Adiv
    February 11th, 2009 at 11:58 pm

    I stopped carrying a pocket knife after 9/11 when they started restricting everything on airplanes. My knife was taken when I forgot to leave it home one day when traveling. No more knife.

14. clinton labombard
    February 12th, 2009 at 5:40 am

    And... she sues the guy for damaging her scarf.

15. Jason Hirsch
    February 12th, 2009 at 9:12 am

    1) She should have known better.
    2) Her boss should have known better.
    3) The entire chain's safety programs should be reviewed.
    4) OSHA had better be involved with this- a safety fine ought to be levied
    5) An outside auditor should be appointed to ensure that they follow the new safety training courses

    This is a near miss. This isn't a story about a fast thinking hero, this is a story about a dead girl who got a second chance.

    Zero tolerance for loose clothing in any area that involves moving parts and machines.

16. violet
    February 12th, 2009 at 4:51 pm

    Thank you Carl.

17. ted
    February 13th, 2009 at 9:30 pm

    This is why women who work at car washes should wear only bikinis, if anything.

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