'47 Percent' Filmmaker Once Saved Drowning Woman
Source: Huffington Post
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- The bartender who put himself at risk to do his civic duty by exposing Mitt Romney's damning "47 percent" speech had found himself compelled by a similar heroic impulse seven years earlier.
In 2005, the man was at work when he heard that a car had plunged into a nearby canal along Interstate 75. Realizing that he may need to cut the person out of the car, he quickly phoned a co-worker and asked him to bring a knife.
The man dove into the canal and worked to free the woman, but was unable to. The co-worker and a bystander dove into the canal and handed the knife off to the videographer, who quickly cut the woman out and pulled her from the car.
In an interview with The Huffington Post, the filmmaker recalled that everyone on the shore thought the woman in the car was dead when he arrived, but he jumped in anyway. "It had to be done," he said. "It was kind of fun for me. I remember being underwater smiling and saying, 'This is going to work out. This is going to be fine.'"
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/13/47-percent-filmmaker-drowning-woman_n_2866692.html?utm_hp_ref=tw
This story only gets better.....
Skinner
(63,645 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)undoubtedly drag him thru the GOP dump yard. Hell, he could have saved Jesus Christ, and the GOPpers would claim it was a imposter. OK thats off my chest.
He seems like a very nice person who cares about America!
ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)GIGANTIC KUDOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/03/scott-prouty-47-percent-video
fujiyama
(15,185 posts)Great interview with an honorable and decent man.
ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)As usual, David Corn delivers the story in a compassionate and informative way.
Why, oh why, didn't you post this as an OP?
byronius
(7,395 posts)And that is not hyperbole. That is the truth.
I vote Medal Of Honor for this hero.
Bigmack
(8,020 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)SunSeeker
(51,559 posts)And that night, he did a great service to his country, irrefutably revealing the real, evil Romney.
Cha
(297,268 posts)interview.. thanks brooklynite
What an inspiration Scott Prouty is for our country.
this man is truly a hero. He didn't save the woman or take the 47% video for any kind of personal gain. He's truly an inspiration to me and hopefully to everyone who really care about their fellow man/woman. I found it fascinating that what really got him was Romney talking about the Chinese factory.
DianaForRussFeingold
(2,552 posts)sheshe2
(83,778 posts)This is Person of The Year!
csziggy
(34,136 posts)But I'd support him as Person of ANY Year!