Originally Posted by piecenick
Not the only time, a similar incident:
I was the safety officer of a marine terminal, I had an assistant, Mary, to help me with inspections, she was a very nice black lady who was excellent at her job. It was about this time of year and it was cold as the South gets in the winter, I heard the 'man overboard' siren go off, I get my gear and I head out toward the water, someone told me it was Mary who had fallen. A cold shock went through me, luckily just as I got to the water the crew was pulling her out, she was wet, cold, but safe, except for the threat of hyperthermia. The closest heat was my office, I called ahead to turn the heat on all the way, they told me EMT was on the way.
We get to my office, got Mary wrapped in a blanket, but she is still shivering, from fear and the cold. She didn't have a spare set of clothes, so I get a painters suit out of the stockroom. I told Mary she had to get out of those wet clothes, she would be decent in a painters suit. i expected her to wait until I left, but she ripped off those wet clothes, I asked her if she wanted one of the ladies to help her, she said "screw that", I walked out just as she was taking her bra off.
She was ok, EMS checked her out, but she quit shortly after, she said the water wasn't for her. I don't blame her.
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