{"id":16285,"date":"2012-11-12T07:04:31","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T12:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=16285"},"modified":"2012-11-12T07:04:31","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T12:04:31","slug":"using-basic-skills-to-save-lives-during-hurricane-sandy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=16285","title":{"rendered":"Using Basic Skills To Save Lives During Hurricane Sandy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday the New York Daily News<\/a> posted a story about Michael McDonnel, an experienced fisherman in Rockaway, New York<\/a>, who used his knot-tying<\/a> skills to save himself and the lives of his neighbors. As the fire and flood waters raged through the neighborhood, Mr. McDonnel told all of his neighbors to gather all the wire, twine, or rope they could find and bring it to him within four minutes.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

McDonnell<\/a> tied all the wire and twine into a jury-rigged<\/a> life rope, swam across the street to Firefighter Tommy Cann\u2019s home and fastened it to the railing at the top of his steps.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then the burly McDonnell followed it back and forth several times to carry at least six people to Cann\u2019s home, where 15-year-old Kristin Cann and others waited with towels.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhatever way the wind blew determined your destiny that night,\u201d said her father, Tommy Cann. \u201cWe thought we\u2019d see water but we never thought we\u2019d see fire.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

McDonnell, the son of a late Daily News advertising veteran, Bob McDonnell, lost the home where he was currently living as well as the memory-filled house next door.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr. McDonnell plans to use his experience to teach other people how to successfully evacuate their homes in an emergency situation.<\/div>\n
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