Day 165: The Fall

It had been a long day. Other than my usual clinic hours, I had meetings to attend, inventories of newly acquired medical supplies to sort through, and humanitarian clinic preparations to oversee. The last thing I needed to hear was, "Doc, Airman Ramirez just fell through the 2nd floor and landed onto the barber shop floor below."

Poor Barber Shop:(

Apparently, the good Airman Ramirez was doing his computer networking job of hanging coaxial wire in one of our buildings. Most of the floor is sturdy, but the wire he was hanging required walking around parts of the floor that were not so sturdy. Well, he hit a soft spot alright. He found himself falling right through the floor and onto his back...about a 10 foot drop. The scary thing was that he fell into the barber shop which had a Masterlock securing the door from the outside. He was locked in which delayed our ability to get to him in a timely manner. By the time I had figured out a way around the lock, I could here Airman Ramirez laughing behind the door. Perhaps he was enjoying a rather surreal chain of events.

Airman Ramirez posing for a souvenir shot after falling through the roof...ouch!

Well, he ended up having some bad bruises on his back, but overall he is doing very well and enjoying his new found popularity. Lessons learned for today: #1 watch your step, #2 better to fall on your back than onto your head, #3 even on a bad day...laughing makes everything better.

"The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them." Psalms 34:7 KJV