Nov 20
PC Bill Barker
Allow me to add my voice to the tributes to PC Barker, killed on duty while directing the public away from a bridge in Cumbria that collapsed under the weight of floodwaters.
He has a wife and four kids and, I’m sure, left for his shift yesterday as he did for every other shift. Not a hero, but an average guy going to work.
Hug your emergency workers, folks…and never let them leave the house with a cross word.
November 20th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
RIP x
Thoughts with the family
November 20th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Well said Kal x
RIP PC BARKER
November 20th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
Second that! My personal emergency worker has just rung to say he’s off to Cumbria to help out - so send a few hugs his way too, please.
November 20th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Ditto …. RIP
And huge hugs for all the emergency services working on the front line - wherever they are, whoever they are.
November 20th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
Indeed. My brother lives in Cockermouth and is one of the people who was being directed away from said bridge. So sad.
November 20th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
Here’s hugs. And thanks, for doing what you do.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Indeed - thoughts to the Barker family and their friends.
November 21st, 2009 at 9:18 am
Requiescat in pace - thanks to all of the emergency services staff who put their lives on the line to keep ours safer…
November 21st, 2009 at 1:32 pm
+1 (with hugs). Nothing more I can say.
November 21st, 2009 at 3:53 pm
Bloody tragic.
Our emergency services are under paid and under appreciated.
After the waters recede they will be all but forgotten about until the next time.
November 21st, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Having been in a situation a number of years ago where I crossed a flooded bridge which was under a foot of water to get three young children off, only to fin out when the water receded that there were massive chunks of the bridge missing, and sheer luck had kept me safe, I know that PC Barker will not have thought of himself, only of those he was protecting. That is other tragedy, brave people like him risk all every day for us, and it takes a disaster like this for us normal MOP’s to say thankyou
November 21st, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Absolutely.
November 22nd, 2009 at 12:54 am
So, so sad for his family. Consider a hug
November 22nd, 2009 at 12:56 am
(12 above as accidentally published before finished): Consider a hug duly delivered to all emergency staff.
November 22nd, 2009 at 2:35 pm
RIP my thoughts with his family
November 22nd, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Such a sad loss. But Kal - don’t just hug your Emergency workers - hug everybody. Tell them how much you love them. Anyone can be taken sudden-like, just sayin’
November 22nd, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Wise words, Sew! ::thumbs up::
November 23rd, 2009 at 11:57 am
It was all over the papers here, too. Very sad.
December 5th, 2009 at 7:34 am
RIP PC Bill Barker
My heart goes out to his family and freinds, and I hope that they can find solace during this difficult time
Like you said Kal, big hugs for all emergency service people, you all do a grand job