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  1. Yeah, actually, one of the first questions I asked was,"Did the driver get injured?" and thankfully, no. It has to be difficult for him, as well.
  2. Here is a little more info on why I feel he was important to the EMS community here in town. SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - Steven Shoob was just as much a part of the first responder family as he was ours. Emergency crews said it was only right that they escort him to his final resting place in Bonaventure Cemetery. Steven was a deeply religious man, a devoted father, grandfather and brother. He joined the WTOC news team 20 years ago. In those two decades, he served as a producer, anchor, photographer and managing editor. Former WTOC reporter Nicole Teigen worked with Steven for seven years. "He had a passion like nobody else," she said. "It was amazing to see him keep that passion day after day after day." He not only covered the news, but he truly cared about the people he met along the way. Steven met Oji Lukata at a fire back in 2002. "The way we met was through tragedy and it's a shame that his life and me coming back here would have to end in tragedy," Lukata said. This wasn't a typical fire. Men, women and babies were trapped inside. Lukata climbed a ladder to help pull several of them from the flames. Lukata remembers before Steven shot any video, he made sure there wasn't anything he could do to help. It was Steven's job to tell the story of that rescue and tragic loss of life. "I feel like what he did was just as important as what I did based on how he covered it, letting the public know there were human lives in that fire," Lukata said. Steven won an Emmy award for that story. But he always felt more comfortable shining the spotlight on someone else. Especially his heroes, the police, firefighters and paramedics who worked the midnight shift with him. Cpl. Amanda McGruder is a K-9 officer with the Savannah-Chatham police. She considered Steven her friend. "You can be sure Steven Shoob was right there with us, helping us, videotaping evidence, helping us find suspects, wherever we went, there was Shoob," she said. Since Steven lost his life early Monday morning, things just haven't been the same without him. "It's been heart broken, especially my night shift," said MedStar One Lieutenant Brian Riley. "They are very, very close to Steven, many times we needed an extra set of hands, he was there," he said. And today many of those first responders, friends and coworkers joined his family in being there for him. Teigen said, "I think that's proof that Steven was a good man and everybody from all facets of society realize and recognize that and came here today to show their respects." And to let Steven's family know that their loss was our loss as well. I do agree with the comments about him running across the highway, but it also reinforced to me how dangerous it is when WE are at a scene on a busy road.
  3. Steven Shoob, an anchorman and managing editor at WTOC-TV, was killed about 5:30 a.m. Monday while covering a traffic accident on Interstate 95 near Ga. 21. Shoob, who had been with the station for more than 20 years, arrived at the scene and was told by a sergeant that the accident was minor, said WTOC news director Larry Silbermann. Shoob, 58, was running across I-95 in a dark jacket and jeans when he was hit by an oncoming car, said Capt. Matt Libby, of the Port Wentworth Police Department. The driver was interviewed and his car was inspected, but there was no indication of any malfunction or sign of driver impairment, Libby said, and police do not expect charges to be filed. Shoob worked from midnight to about 8:30 a.m. and would cover breaking police, fire or other emergency news before producing the station's morning news show. He then would anchor the local segments between the national morning show. "As great as he was as a journalist, he was an even better person," Silbermann said. "He was a compassionate, caring person." Shoob was born and raised in Savannah and graduated from Savannah High School. He started working at WTOC more than 20 years ago. In 2003, he won three Associated Press awards and the station's first Emmy. He also was a member of Congregation Agudath Achim, a Savannah synagogue. Rabbi Motti Locker remembered Shoob as someone active in daily services. "He was very spiritual," Locker said. "Services and coming to house of prayer was very important to him. He attended at least three times a week." Capt. Matt Stanley of Savannah Fire & Emergency Services echoed a sentiment shared by other emergency responders in remembering Shoob. "He was always very quick and very responsive," Stanley said. "He would get to a scene often before we would." Shoob was quick to point out any helpful information, Stanley said, and often would assist responders by using his camera to help light up an accident scene without shooting film. "He was a high-energy professional who was always there to lend a hand whenever he could," Stanley said. Shoob is survived by a daughter, three grandchildren, a brother, a sister and a nephe
  4. Drinkin' Pinot right now!
  5. On Feb. 7th, we had an MCI here, when the Imperial Sugar Refinery experienced an explosion. It has been on the national news, so maybe some here have seen it. The day of the incident, I was riding a clinical with a unit on that side of town with the service I work for (I am an EMT-I in paramedic school) but I went home at 6:30...less than hour later, a huge explosion rocked the refinery, sending a fire ball into the sky. I live 15 miles down the river from the place, and felt and heard the BOOM. My daughter and I thought it was BIG thunder, or someone hitting a transformer (or a meth lab, lol...). The night of the explosion, four died at the scene, 7 were missing and at least 30 were transported to the level 1 trauma center I work for, and then depending on their injuries, to the Augusta Burn center. I did NOT work that night, and at first I really regretted not being on, but after hearing some of the stories of co-workers who WERE there (including the truck I was riding along with...they were SECOND on scene), I am kind of glad I missed it...people with their clothes blown off, 2-3rd degree burns over 80% of their bodies, body parts blown off... The only thing I did contribute was some blood I donated, and I worked Stand-bye at the plant while they searched for the body of the last missing worker, 8 days later, which they found the same day I was there. It was so strange seeing the place, twisted metal and the smell of burned sugar. I am so proud of our EMS system and Hospital team, for how smoothly everything worked that night....the situation could have been MUCH worse, but MHUMC and the FD's, and PD's (some police officers had to drive ambulances, there were so many injured to care for! You know it's bad when you get PD to drive you in...) and the ER staff and the Life flight copters that responded from all over. This is why drills and training are important and it looks like in this case, served the purpose. Here are a few links I found, but just Googling Imperial Sugar Blast will get you more. http://tinyurl.com/2uvnhx http://tinyurl.com/37zzpw http://tinyurl.com/32zhgf
  6. As a wine lover, that is too funny....
  7. We seem to have a run on suicide attempts here...several in a day, then it slacks off...maybe it's the same all over. The only "successful" one I have been to was an 80 yr old man who fired point blank into his temple. The rest are mostly BS "I took too many pills or I am GOING to take all these pills" etc .
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