The Civilian

By Oscar Porter

I react not knowing the outcome.

Each experience is never the same.

My brain scans the area before I go in to assess the situation.

I notice as much detail as my brain can record, and then I react.

All this happens in a millisecond!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jun 16, 2018
• ISBN: 9781984535771

Oscar Porter

I knew from childhood that I had something inside me that seem to care about the well being of human beings and wildlife. My mother whom I love very much would let me play in the hills of San Francisco full of trees, and open land full of wildlife I learn to enjoy having wildlife around me, I began to care! I would also go to church and hear words of care and love toward nature and people from my father the Reverend, and other Pastors, As I grow in age I saw on television movies about heros who were helping people and saving lives all of this experience had an profound effect on way I view life, and people. Later in my life I became a boy scout, a leader in my church, a nurse, a counselor, and a first responder.

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Copyright © 2018 by Oscar Porter.

Library of Congress Control Number:      2018907131

ISBN:                  Hardcover                             978-1-9845-3575-7

                            Softcover                               978-1-9845-3576-4

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Rev. date: 06/15/2018

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Contents

Courage from Within

2009: The Car Pileup

Mother’s Day

The Man over Devil’s Slide

The Head-On

The Man at the Lake

The Apartment Burning

Taken

Devil’s Slide II

The Truck Overturned

Highway Child

Motorcycle and Car, Highway 85

Lane to Lane

Child Choking

Child Locked in Car

Trapped in an Upside-Down Car

Tree Fallen

The Fall

A Good