And to think there are those who say 'Feral Youth' is an unfair term.

[Grumpmeister]

Attacking the pilot of an air ambulance who told them to stop swinging on the tail when he was helping an injured baby. Words fail me.

An air ambulance was put out of operation for almost a day after two teenage yobs attacked its pilot when he was called to help an injured baby.
The pair, aged 17 and 19, turned on the pilot when he told them to stop swinging on the aircraft's tail fin and door. One grabbed him by the throat.
As a result, the baby had to be rushed to hospital in a road ambulance - increasing the journey time four-fold. The baby had sustained scalding injuries in an accident.

The incident happened when the Kent Air Ambulance, which is funded by charity donations, landed in a field near The Vine Cricket Ground in Sevenoaks, Kent, on Sunday afternoon.
Kent Police said a 19-year-old male was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and public order offences, and a 17-year-old youth was arrested on suspicion of common assault and public order offences. Both were released on bail.

Because of the teenagers' interference with the helicopter, it had to be inspected by an engineer before being allowed to take off again and was out of service until 11am on Monday morning - 18 hours after the incident.
John Tickner, chief executive of Kent Air Ambulance Trust, said: 'I find it incredible that anybody would want to attack a charity air ambulance and its crew, whose sole purpose is to help seriously injured people in their time of need.
'It is completely unacceptable that any of our staff are subjected to an assault and we will always fully support the police in any further action.'
The Kent Air Ambulance Trust is a registered charity, established in 1989. It has a highly skilled team of doctors and critical care paramedics who are able to reach the scene of an accident or medical emergency within minutes.

The helicopter can reach speeds of up to 150mph and can get to most emergency locations in Kent within 15 minutes of being called. It is one of 18 independent air ambulance operators in Britain.

[Pirate]

 

[Barman]

Hang them...

[Uncle Mort]

Hang them...

But thier parents will be devastated.

[Barman]

Hang them...

But thier parents will be devastated.

Hang them too...

[Snoopy]

From the April/May Issue of our Village Magazine ~ I used my "Editor's Bit" to say this:

Yet more thanks to the staff at Glan Clwyd Hospital (many of whom live in the village, which can be a little embarrassing ?. I don?t think they know me with my clothes on!) Yes I have paid them a couple more visits since I last wrote. Treating the place like a hotel I am ?.. but we do seem to be making some progress and hopefully an upcoming stay at Broad  Green for some specialised treatment and a ?procedure? will put me right, or as right as I can be.
Of course it wouldn?t be normal for me just to say thank you so I have a moan as well. What is wrong with some people? What goes on in their tiny minds? I refer to those idiots who, as I was being loaded, on a stretcher, into an ambulance that was parked, with blue lights flashing, on the double yellow lines outside of XXXXXXX, tried to squeeze past at top speed. One was abusive to the two female ambulance staff, bellowing ?GerouttatheF******* way!? as he drove by. Another idiot bashed his fist on the side of the ambulance and two more, coming from opposite directions started a shouted argument, car window to car window, about who had the right of way.
Despite feeling as unwell as I did, I felt obliged to apologise to the paramedics who were totally professional in the face of the aggression. They told me they were quite used to such behaviour and encountered it regularly when picking up emergency patients. What has become of us as a society that we accept as normal such ill mannered intolerance? I was prepared for the usual gaggle of youngsters who peer into an open ambulance as the medics try to get the patient comfortable and stabilised before they drive off but the attitude of motorists who were held up for a couple of minutes was simply unreal. Pure hatred was what I saw on their faces and heard them utter as they snarled and swore in their desperate haste to get past. And all this was at 8 in the evening ?. So not even as if they were in a hurry to get to work.

I'm afraid it is everywhere.