# Mayor to the rescue! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-to-the-rescue/412761 "2007-07-22T17:52:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-to-the-rescue/412761/1 "2007-07-22T17:52:09Z")
Here in Philadelphia, our mayor is a fellow by the name of John Street. I am NOT a fan of his, I think he has been a terrible mayor (with lots o’ corruption.) But he did do something cool. He and his bodyguards noticed a house fire while walking to City Hall: [QUOTE=From the AP] Mayor John Street and two bodyguards, who had been walking to City Hall when they saw the burning home, rushed over to help, Young said. The bodyguards carried a boy who suffered minor burns into Young’s home and went into the burning house to rescue a cat. Street, clad in sneakers, sweats and a ballcap, began banging on doors and urging people to leave their homes, said city Commerce Director Stephanie Naidoff. He told her the story before leaving town for the weekend, she said. [/QUOTE] I’m just imagining what it must have been like for the neighbors. You wake up on a weekend morning, have a little coffee, you hear a knock on the door. . . And there’s the freakin’ mayor of Philadelphia telling you there’s a fire and to get the heck out. And just for the sake of formality, here’s the [link](http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-ODD-Mayor-House-Fire.html) (NY Times, reg. req.) ---
**Author:** ![ILovCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e99b99/32.png) [@ILovCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ILovCoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-to-the-rescue/412761/2 "2007-07-22T18:04:32Z")
The mayor of Orlando, FL (Bill Frederick) foiled a robbery once. Back in the late 80’s. Kind of exciting. A bit before the advent of the internet though, so no linkee. ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-to-the-rescue/412761/3 "2007-07-22T18:07:27Z")
Cool. do you remember any details, **ILovCoffee**? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-to-the-rescue/412761/4 "2007-07-22T18:24:47Z")
The mayor of Madison some years back decided to stop a speeder on the Beltline, resulting in a high-speed chase that caught no one, and got the mayor pilloried in the press. ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2007, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-to-the-rescue/412761/5 "2007-07-23T08:04:52Z")
He may be a terrible mayor (with lots o’ corruption) but I am impressed that he walks to work, as well as trying to save people from fires. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-to-the-rescue/412761/6 "2007-07-23T14:36:20Z")
Howard Dean, MD, while governor of Vermont, once rendered medical assistance to a badly injured guy - saved his life, IIRC. The governor and his State Police driver happened by the crash scene and stopped to help. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-to-the-rescue/412761/7 "2007-07-23T15:07:49Z")
Senator Bill Frist ran to the scene when a gunman opened fire inside the Capitol in 1998. He tried to treat a police officer who sadly later died, and performed CPR on the wounded suspect. Frist is, of course, a thoracic and transplant surgeon.