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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Get off our lawn": Florida homeowners yell at man saving neighbor's life
"Get off our lawn": Florida homeowners yell at man saving neighbors life
July 23, 2021 at 11:23 pm EDT
By Bob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. One man was neighborly. One couple wasnt.
While a Florida man helped save a mans life this week, one set of neighbors was apparently more concerned about the condition of their yard, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office. In a Facebook post, the sheriffs office said the unneighborly neighbors yelled at Tony to get off our lawn and get the man out of here, have him die somewhere else. At the time, Tony was trying to assist a man who was having convulsions inside his vehicle, deputies said.
WPEC identified the good Samaritan as Tony Neil. Neil, who is known in the Palm Beach Gardens area for pushing his lawnmower through the neighborhood, was walking to work Monday when he saw a person having a seizure, WPTV reported. Without thinking twice, Tony ran up to the rolling car and grabbed the fender to try and stop it from rolling down the street further, the sheriffs office wrote on Facebook.
The car stopped on a neighbors lawn, but not before running over Neils foot, the sheriffs office said. Fortunately, he was wearing steel-toed boots and avoided injury. According to the sheriffs office, Neil yelled for help because he could not get into the locked car.
I could not get in and I didnt know what to do. I was panicking. I thought, Oh my God, hes gone, Neil told WPEC. There was nobody on the street.
Neil ran down the street and found the victims wife, WPTV reported. She called 911 and the victim was saved by paramedics, the television station reported. Because of Tonys actions, we received a call yesterday from the man he helped, the sheriffs office wrote on Facebook. The man called us to ask for Tonys phone number. The man said, I want to talk to Tony. ... He saved my life.
On Wednesday, Neil and the victim were reunited, the sheriffs office said.
July 23, 2021 at 11:23 pm EDT
By Bob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. One man was neighborly. One couple wasnt.
While a Florida man helped save a mans life this week, one set of neighbors was apparently more concerned about the condition of their yard, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office. In a Facebook post, the sheriffs office said the unneighborly neighbors yelled at Tony to get off our lawn and get the man out of here, have him die somewhere else. At the time, Tony was trying to assist a man who was having convulsions inside his vehicle, deputies said.
WPEC identified the good Samaritan as Tony Neil. Neil, who is known in the Palm Beach Gardens area for pushing his lawnmower through the neighborhood, was walking to work Monday when he saw a person having a seizure, WPTV reported. Without thinking twice, Tony ran up to the rolling car and grabbed the fender to try and stop it from rolling down the street further, the sheriffs office wrote on Facebook.
The car stopped on a neighbors lawn, but not before running over Neils foot, the sheriffs office said. Fortunately, he was wearing steel-toed boots and avoided injury. According to the sheriffs office, Neil yelled for help because he could not get into the locked car.
I could not get in and I didnt know what to do. I was panicking. I thought, Oh my God, hes gone, Neil told WPEC. There was nobody on the street.
Neil ran down the street and found the victims wife, WPTV reported. She called 911 and the victim was saved by paramedics, the television station reported. Because of Tonys actions, we received a call yesterday from the man he helped, the sheriffs office wrote on Facebook. The man called us to ask for Tonys phone number. The man said, I want to talk to Tony. ... He saved my life.
On Wednesday, Neil and the victim were reunited, the sheriffs office said.
More at: https://www.wftv.com/news/trending/get-off-our-lawn-florida-homeowners-yell-man-saving-neighbors-life/35PAJCGV75FMTBCFEZPHEUARN4/
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"Get off our lawn": Florida homeowners yell at man saving neighbor's life (Original Post)
PSPS
Jul 2021
OP
As a general rule, bystanders do not have a legal obligation to render assistance.
Progressive Lawyer
Jul 2021
#9
I just looked it up. Only 10 states have duty to assist and/or report laws.
Dial H For Hero
Jul 2021
#10
LetMyPeopleVote
(144,919 posts)1. This man is a hero
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)5. Agree.
liberalhistorian
(20,814 posts)2. We're the couple
named Mr. and Mrs. Ron DeSantis?
LakeArenal
(28,802 posts)4. "Let him die somewhere else."
Now thats humanity!!!
Lock him up.
Let him live in hell.
Dial H For Hero
(2,971 posts)7. Lock him up for what? Being an asshole?
That's not a crime.
LakeArenal
(28,802 posts)8. It wasn't meant as serious.
However, he could be charged with not aiding an accident victim.
Progressive Lawyer
(617 posts)9. As a general rule, bystanders do not have a legal obligation to render assistance.
Exceptions exist of course where there is a prior relationship between bystander and victim like parent/child, nurse/patient, etc.
Dial H For Hero
(2,971 posts)10. I just looked it up. Only 10 states have duty to assist and/or report laws.
Florida is not one of them.
ironflange
(7,781 posts)11. Let's try to guess the political affiliation
LakeArenal
(28,802 posts)12. Seditionist?
Ilsa
(61,690 posts)6. The newspaper should have outed the couple
yelling at the hero. I bet they have trump flags or bumper stickers.