Well, I'm working my security detail with two other deputies at a parking garage in Fort Lauderdale along a bar hoppers paradise (Las Olas Riverfront for those that know!) when I say to my buddy "Say, doesn't that sound like an engine revving up?" Sure enough, sounded like an engine stuck at about 3 or 4k RPM...but distantly. About two minutes later a girl comes up and says there's a guy passed out in a black Cadillac with his foot stuck on the gas. Uh oh. We walk to the car and the guy wakes up and takes his foot off the gas. I told him to shut it down, as some smoke was comin from under the hood. The smoke got worse...and worse...and worse. Finally I call for Fire Rescue and start grabbing fire extinguishers (it's fun to use those things and break the glass labeled "in case of emergency break glass"). Fire starts dripping from behind the right front tire (we think it was the belt) and pretty soon the smoke is really bad, we've used 5 or 6 fire extinguishers and it's still goin. Firemen show up, force open the hood and hose the engine...and the interior...and let the water run on top of the dashboard and into the A/C vents to cool the firewall. Car was a MESS. And it gets better. 
"Hey bud, this is your car, right?" "Uhhhh....no...it's my friends. I was just coming out to start the A/C and wait for him..." DOH!!! When the friend showed up an hour later he was slightly displeased. Especially when his pal denied passing out with his foot stuck on the gas!
We had to flip a coin a couple times to see which of the three of us would get stuck with the paperwork...K9 guy got to do it. My pal asked me what I would do if it were my GN. The thought of it made me twitch and reach for my weapon...
And you thought YOUR day was bad!
"Hey bud, this is your car, right?" "Uhhhh....no...it's my friends. I was just coming out to start the A/C and wait for him..." DOH!!! When the friend showed up an hour later he was slightly displeased. Especially when his pal denied passing out with his foot stuck on the gas! We had to flip a coin a couple times to see which of the three of us would get stuck with the paperwork...K9 guy got to do it. My pal asked me what I would do if it were my GN. The thought of it made me twitch and reach for my weapon...
And you thought YOUR day was bad!
