Pigeon Rescue

[Tokira]

My Niece in DC sent me this tonight :-)

"I saved a pigeon this morning.  I was riding up the escalator at Rosslyn station and saw a pigeon trying to walk up the metal machinery covering near the down escalator.  Of course he couldn't because it's slippery.  He didn't seem to be able to fly.  I hesitated, thinking "Should I try to rescue the pigeon?  Is anybody else going to try to rescue him?  Will it be weird?".  At the top of the escalator I almost gravitated to the down escalator, and then found myself on it.  As I neared the pigeon I still was hesitant.  "What will everyone think?"  Then I knew it was my last chance and I put out my newspaper and scooped him over toward me so I could try to pick him up.  Much to my surprise, he just let me pick him up.  I folded him somewhat into the newspaper and continued down the escalator.  Nobody said anything at all.  Then I just went to the up escalator and rode up.  To get out, I went to the station manager, who, when he saw the pigeon, recoiled and asked me if I was going to take him outside, and then let me through the manual gate.  I put the pigeon on the sidewalk and hoped he could make it on his own from there.  I looked at my hands and they had grease all over them.  I hotfooted it to the bathroom at Starbucks and washed my hands like six times.  Then after I got my coffee I dropped off my coat to have it dry cleaned.  I hope the pigeon will be fine."

Carol
WV

[schlaf374]

good job!!

[valhalla]

That's one stop from me at Courthouse - the metro escalators are always being worked on and always greasy.  I suspect that the grease was all over the bird, as they do get into the metro system.