• people seem to forget that “I don’t know” is a valid answer

    and in certain situations the only correct one

  • 5latt

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    The Kiss of Life - A utility worker giving mouth-to-mouth to co-worker after he contacted a low voltage wire, 1967

  • brite-eyed

    Taken in 1967 by Rocco Morabito, this photo called “The Kiss of Life” shows a utility worker named J.D. Thompson giving mouth-to-mouth to co-worker Randall G. Champion after he went unconscious following contact with a low voltage line. Thompson over 400 feet away recognized the critical situation and ran to the pole and scaled it to reach Champion. Realizing champion wasn’t breathing he delivered CPR and chest compression while supporting his friend; super impressive /difficult given the angle (if you get it wrong air goes into the stomach and inflates that instead).

    This all happened oddly in Champions work anniversary. And weirder Rocco Morabito, a newspaper photographer who had been covering a strike down the road with eastern freight (this happened in Florida btw) happened to be nearby with his camera in a time that no one carried cameras daily. This photo won him the Pulitzer Prize for journalism photography.

  • hauntedgum

    Babe are you okay? I saw you reblogged The Kiss of Life, 1967 again.

  • stele3

    Champion lived and he and Thompson stayed friends for the rest of their lives.

  • the-haiku-bot

    Champion lived and

    he and Thompson stayed friends for

    the rest of their lives.

    Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.