Today I spent the morning with my parents at the St Francis Hospital Heart Center on the south side of Indy. My father had a procedure done and I helped get him home. When he was discharged, I went to pull his vehicle around to the front door. I got out of the vehicle and waited for them to wheel him out keeping one eye on the car and watching for my father with the other. I had the keys with me. I saw a man, rather small build and looked like maybe he just got off of a Harley which is OK with me. I don't care what people look like and I say hello to pretty much anyone I make eye contact with. He walked by and I smiled and said hello and he smiled back but something just didn't seem right in my gut. He was carrying a folder tucked under his arm. In between the folder and his body, I saw what looked to be a rather large Buck knife in a leather sheath. I've had those kind of knives before and I know what I saw. It just seemed totally out of place to me. Oddly enough, if he were OC a gun, it would not have bothered me, but that knife, especially one that big did not seem right. I see people with small knives clipped to their belt or pocket all the time which is no big deal. I don't know what the law is concerning big knives like that but I decided to play it safe and let somebody know.
I told the young lady at the reception desk and suggested she call security. Another lady came up behind the desk and almost argued that he probably worked there and the knife was one of his tools. I said he did not have an employee badge or any other tools. I saw the man disappear as he walked down a hallway and turn a corner.
My fear was, and still is that maybe he was going to try to steal some drugs or something. My wife is a nurse and she has tole me all kinds of stories about people desperate to get drugs. I was not afraid myself, and there was nothing more than suspicion. I was CC at the time, as I always am, but I did not have time to stay around because my father was being loaded in the car.
Later, after we got to my parent's home, I called security at St Francis and they were highly interested. I described myself and the other guy and they quickly were able to find us on their video. They could not make out the knife yet but said he would check other cameras as he was moving around. Oddly enough, the girls at the desk never called security which he was not happy about.
I think I did the right thing. At least I did what I felt was right. I would never raise an alarm about OC, or CC, or a small knife but this just seemed odd. I hope I do not hear about anything on the news tonight.
I would have been more compfortable if he had a gun. At least that way I would assume he had a LTCH and therefore not a criminal type.
BTW, I did not see any no firearms or weapons signs there.
I told the young lady at the reception desk and suggested she call security. Another lady came up behind the desk and almost argued that he probably worked there and the knife was one of his tools. I said he did not have an employee badge or any other tools. I saw the man disappear as he walked down a hallway and turn a corner.
My fear was, and still is that maybe he was going to try to steal some drugs or something. My wife is a nurse and she has tole me all kinds of stories about people desperate to get drugs. I was not afraid myself, and there was nothing more than suspicion. I was CC at the time, as I always am, but I did not have time to stay around because my father was being loaded in the car.
Later, after we got to my parent's home, I called security at St Francis and they were highly interested. I described myself and the other guy and they quickly were able to find us on their video. They could not make out the knife yet but said he would check other cameras as he was moving around. Oddly enough, the girls at the desk never called security which he was not happy about.
I think I did the right thing. At least I did what I felt was right. I would never raise an alarm about OC, or CC, or a small knife but this just seemed odd. I hope I do not hear about anything on the news tonight.
I would have been more compfortable if he had a gun. At least that way I would assume he had a LTCH and therefore not a criminal type.
BTW, I did not see any no firearms or weapons signs there.
