Firefighter Accused Of Taking Man’s Foot

Florida Fort Pierce  Florida authorities investigating whether a firefighter took a crash victim's foot.
by Associated Press
Published: Fri, September 26, 2008 - 4:31 am CST Last Updated: Fri, September 26, 2008 - 4:35 am CST
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) - St. Lucie County officials are
investigating whether a firefighter took a man's severed foot from
the scene of a traffic accident.
On Sept. 19, a crash on I-95 caused a Melbourne man's foot to be
sheared off; the man survived and is undergoing treatment at a
local hospital.
It's the Fire District's policy to take a severed body part with
the patient to the hospital if there is any chance of reattachment,
or the body part goes to the medical examiner's office. But
authorities said the foot was taken to the hospital days later, on
Sept. 24.
Officials would not release the name of the firefighter under
investigation, but said the firefighter trains cadaver dogs, which
are used to locate and follow the scent of decomposing human flesh.
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Information from: The Stuart News, http://www.tcpalm.com

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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What about all those feet washing ashore in Oregon or Washington State.  It was on the news a few weeks ago that like 4 or 5 had washed ashore in the last year, I wonder if they were “bearfeet” also???

or maybe he thought THIS one was a bear foot as well.

guess he wanted to get a foot up on his fellow trainers

This fireman should be charged with robbery, battery, and tampering with the scene of an accident.  It is crap like this that causes firemen and policemen to get a bad wrap.  There is NO EXCUSE for taking a body part from an accident scene, NONE WHATSOEVER.  First of all he has now created a huge liability for his Department and himself, but as a fireman I am sure he does not have much more than a lot of debt.  Secondly, I just cannot imagine how he got it away from the scene and back to the station and HOME and USED IT AS A TRAINING AID without someone NOTICING IT!!!  My goodness people didn’t you wonder where he got a HUMAN FOOT????  What is this world coming too.  Personally the darn thing would have haunted me….  I would not have been able to sleep, eat or anything else thinking about that foot coming after me.  Can you hear it? Tip   Tip   Tip, no Tap, just Tip….

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