Excitement on 97th Street

While Netter and I were enjoying the majestic feats of Olympic athletes last Sunday we heard a horrible crash sound coming from outside.  (My living room windows look out onto Lexington Avenue which is one of the busiest on the East Side so hearing loud car noises isn't a big deal but this time was different.)  We immediately jumped up to look out the window and what we saw was a SUV that had flipped on its side and was now going the wrong way.  Half of the neighborhood that wasn't already outside was looking out their window.  People on the ground called 9-1-1 and before too many minutes passed we had 3 fire trucks, 1 ambulance, 2 NYPD patrol cars and the "beast".  I was most excited to see the firemen because the finest of the FDNY are truly "fine".  ;)

Luckily the driver of the flipped SUV merely opened the passenger door and climbed up and out of his SUV.  The beast pushed and flipped the SUV to remove it from the road.  It was another moment of New York neighborhood bonding.