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At the scene of the Correaflagration. No kidding around, we really do think that he did a good thing here.
OJB is so, so kidding with this headline. What is life without fun?
Kudos to Lou Correa for his quick thinking and action — in honor of which, OJB will not twist that sentence into some sort of snarky indictment.
If you see this in a campaign ad, though:
Kudos to Lou Correa for his quick thinking and action — Orange Juice Blog
… then we will come after him like rabid banshees.
Here’s how the Register reported the meat of the story:
Correa, 58, said he was driving south on Broadway to a meeting when he noticed a flames coming from an apartment building.
“Out of the corner of my eye I saw fire erupt on the second story balcony,” he said Wednesday afternoon. “I said to myself, ‘I can’t believe it’s happening.’”
Correa made a U-turn, parked his car, grabbed a garden hose, started applying water to the balcony, and yelled for the occupants in a unit in front of the fire to get out.
“My only thought was, I better win this fight because the flames were reaching to the roof overhang,” he said. “One hand was holding the hose and the other was dialing 911. I just wanted to lend a helping hand.”
Within no more than 2-1/2 hours of the incident (judging from the first comment being at 1:08 p.m.), Correa was on the phone with the Public Relations Executive in charge of Illiberal OC, who gave a somewhat different version of events:
Correa was driving on North Broadway in the city and saw flames and smoke from a second story apartment window; he quickly did a U-turn, parked illegally (he says), grabbed a fire hose and ran into the building. He made his way into the apartment and told the grandmother and children to leave the premises immediate and dosed the flames with water. Once the fire was out, Correa called 911 and Captain Bryant from the OCFD is on the scene and officials are trying to reach family members to assist with the children (ages unknown).
OJB presumes that the Register correctly reported that Correa had grabbed a garden hose, rather than a fire hose, and that he completed dosing or dousing the fire (described as “almost out” by the time firefighters arrived) from the outside while phoning 911 and yelling into the building. We presume that he did not run into the building. making his way upstairs, and busting into the apartment with his fire and/or garden hose, and … attaching it to an interior hydrant? … and only then call 911? … but we were not there and can’t say which happened.
We admit that the story in the blog is far more dramatic, regardless of whether it is, ahhhmmmm … embellished a little. The Register’s version is heroism enough for our appetite. We also trust that Correa was not the one who initiated that later phone call in which something may or may not have been lost in the translation between English and Flackanese — because, otherwise, ewww.
Apparent Correa supporter, Chumley alter-ego, coprophiliac, child molester, meth whore, toxic runoff generator, and public relations executive “Pinky” — hey, I can’t libel him if I don’t know who he is! — wrote this on his chum’s site where he is a frequent source of rocks thrown from cover:
Which candidate might be (much) more capable of such nefariousness is really not the sort of discussion that the Correa campaign should seek. Lou should distance himself.
barboza family
March 23, 2016 at 6:12 pm
“Because of senator correa, we still have a home…. if it wouldnt of been for him, our apt would of been destroyed.we had 3 children inside.. a 5 month old baby a 5 yr old an a 2 yr old.. he saved our lives..thank you senator lou correa.”
Do you have a citation for that beyond an anonymous comment (among four other anonymous comments last I checked) at Glib OC? Do you even know if that’s the last name of the family?
Do you agree that if the Public Relations Executive allowed someone to post on his site claiming to be that family without even checking or calling the veracity of the quote into question, that would be really disgusting?
Now, for all I know, the family really is named “Barbosa” and really did, without specific invitation, amble over to this obscure website to give their thanks to Sen. Correa in their own words. And yet, that is not the way that I would bet. But keeping pushing that envelope, junior!
Lets hear the 9-11 recording.
This person wrote in to question henry lipton’s identity — FROM A FAKE EMAIL ADDRESS!
Sometimes I truly love this gig!
God, that’s funny! The IP address is now banned, by the way.
Maybe theres nothing on that 9-11 recording to validate the claims of that guys heroism eh?
Even Lou Correa is not going to make up such a stunt out of whole cloth. You investigate on your own and come back when you have a fully developed theory with evidentiary support.
Theres nothing on the blotter showing this incident being reported on wednesday at all.
Did you check the police blotter or the fire department blotter? Does the fire department even call theirs a “blotter”?
police blotter fire doesnt use a blotter the ocsd has 9-11 call blotter
Why would this be on the police blotter?
Joe Dunn has received the recommendation of OC Labor Fed to the California Labor fed who will in turn endorse Joe dunn for Congress by Next week. If Lou continues his campaign he is running out of pocket and against the will of Labor to which is political Suicide in Democratic Politics. Bye Lou. Take Phil Bacerra AKA Pinky with you on your way out.
We don’t know that Phil Becerra is Pinky — any more than we know the true identity of Henry Lipton. Please don’t engage in public speculation without having a case.