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Outback and Back

Even as we seem to have reached a tipping point in our voluntary adherence to the rule of law, it's heartening to find a story like this one. It seems a father and son where out for a Saturday morning motorcycle ride (they refer to the bike as a Kawasaki quad. I think people here in the US call it an ATV. See some examples here).

Apparently, the pair hit a wedge of wood, suddenly halting the bike and throwing them over the handle bars. The bike followed and ended up on the father, pinning him in place. With his father unable to move and in critical condition, the son, with every rib in his seven year-old body broken, hiked 2km (~1.25 miles) through the brush to tell his mother and get help.

Upon reaching the house and relating the location of his father, the boy collapsed from his injuries.

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