Crime & Safety
Edgartown Firefighters "Saved My Husband's Life"
At the Edgartown firefighters' pancake breakfast, a couple had the chance to thank the first responders who pulled the husband from under a garbage truck in Katama last month.
Edgartown summer residents Felice Shapiro and her husband Bill don't usually have time to go to pancake breakfasts at the firehouse.
But last Sunday, the Edgartown Firefighters Association Open House and Pancake Breakfast was "set in stone," writes Shapiro in a blog post titled "They Saved My Husband's Life," on her website BetterAfter50.com.
"He was on a mission–this was the morning he was going to thank the firefighters who saved his life," Shapiro continues, explaining that it was her husband who became trapped under a garbage truck after he was struck while cycling in Katama last month.
The Shapiros also had the chance to learn more about the accident from first responders who were at the scene, she writes.
Because of weather conditions the day of the collision, Shapiro's husband had to be taken by ambulance to Mass. General on the ferry rather than by Medflight, according to the Vineyard Gazette.
He is still suffering from bruises, headaches and other effects of the crash, Shapiro writes, healing at a "snail’s pace" from a broken arm and other bones, with plates in his arms and face.
To read the complete post and see a photo, please see "They Saved My Husband's Life," at BetterAfter50.com.