This is an excerpt from my autobiography when a man was "electrocuted" and I "saved" him:
Some of the
things I would do to avoid certain situations would be to volunteer for
anything going, as long as it wasn’t anything to do with my proper job. I would
for instance, volunteer for dining hall party. All this involved was cleaning
and setting up the dining hall, washing up and making sure that all the sauces
and condiments were full. It was great and gave me a break from the nervous
tension I experienced whilst trying desperately to do my normal job. My
superiors just thought I was great for volunteering and that’s the irony, I got
a really good report.
Of course this
was only a temporary reprieve and after the allotted time I was back in the
MCO. Things didn’t all go badly, since there were times when a bit of luck
would occasionally come my way. I was on the broadcast as usual when one of the
electrical engineers began to repair a nearby radio. I took very little notice
when all of a sudden he screamed out and began to shake violently from
electrical shock. I sprang into action, surprising even myself. Spotting a
wooden broom that was close by, I grabbed it and swiftly pushed the poor rating
away from the radio. He immediately fell to the floor as I threw the broom to
one side. As I was about to feel for a pulse, he suddenly jumped to his feet
and walked off. At first I was completely baffled until I heard the applause
from the onlookers. It had been an exercise and I had passed with flying
colours but I felt annoyed. It had all been a ‘set up’ but nevertheless, I felt
a great sense of pride.
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