Risk Management Magazine

Let me tell you a story as old as time itself. It’s the classic “head-meets-hard-surface.” End of story. Now let me present you another one — this time with a happy ending. It’s a story about how a simple decision saved my life.

In a rush to get the bump aircraft run up, the PC passed in front of the weapon the door gunner was carrying and arrived at the aircraft an instant before the door gunner placed the weapon on the ground. Then, the inevitable happened.

For those of us who have been involved in an accident with or while riding a motorcycle, we’ve all either heard or said, “I never saw him.”