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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1248660, member: 15445&quot;]Here is a more complete description of what happened when I was 14.</p><p><br /></p><p>The teen had crashed his bike at Lake Tahoe and was bleeding from the back of his head.&nbsp; Someone had called an ambulance.&nbsp; The ambulance personnel (first ambulance) were fumbling around looking for a bandage to put on the wound.&nbsp; The driver &amp; the helper were going back &amp; forth to the ambulance because neither of them could seem to locate the bandage for which they were looking.&nbsp; IMO, this ambulance team was only qualified to transport people without life threatening injuries.&nbsp; I really believe that the driver &amp; helper were retired husband &amp; wife that bought an ambulance like someone might purchase a cab or a tow truck to start a business.&nbsp; I was amazed that none of the adults were taking charge of the situation.&nbsp; They were all just standing around watching the teen bleed to death.&nbsp; This kid was loosing a lot of blood while I was keeping him talking &amp; learning his name and phone number.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I found a phone, dialed O and got transferred to the local hospital &amp; asked for another ambulance to be dispatched.&nbsp; I remember leaving the phone covered in blood &amp; wondering if I was going to get in trouble for requesting another ambulance.&nbsp; The blood was really flowing from the kid and fortunately the second ambulance arrived very quickly.&nbsp; I remember hearing its siren shortly after hanging-up the phone.&nbsp; The second ambulance team didn’t waste any time looking for the proper bandage.&nbsp; They had the teen loaded in the ambulance &amp; were gone in a minute.&nbsp; I was covered in blood &amp; put the teen’s bicycle in a safe place before getting a ride to the hospital.&nbsp; I gave the ER doctor the teen’s name &amp; contact information &amp; they gave me a clean shirt.&nbsp; The teen had a broken skull &amp; was transported to Reno for surgery to remove the bone fragments in his brain.&nbsp; His dad learned that I was a coin collector.&nbsp; He bought the CC dollar in Reno &amp; gave it to me.&nbsp; It is not for sale and it is worth much more to me than the TPG grade would indicate.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>That was a lot of typing but it’s my story of how I got my 1878CC.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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