All You Need is an Ambulance
MERCHANTS ALONG East 34th STREET IN BROOKLYN, New York, got to wondering about an ambulance that was parked in front of an expired parking meter recently. The vehicle that has ambulance markings, emergency light bars, and an ambulance license plate had been there several days when on January 6 a shopkeeper took a peek inside.
Joe Cartelli and the "lost" ambulance. (Brooklyn Courier / Solomonson)
He found that it wasn't stocked with a patient cot and medical supplies, but instead contained a ladder and an assortment of construction materials. The Brooklyn Courier continues:
"It’s in front of a parking meter, and it’s full of ladders, tool boxes and sawdust, but the meter maids and the cops pass it by," said Joe Cartelli, who owns VJ Discount Variety Store on E. 34th Street where the vehicle is parked. "They think it’s just an ambulance. People were coming in and asking me, ‘What’s up with the ambulance?’" Cartelli said. When the merchant went to check it out he saw power tools and ladders inside, but no gurneys or medical equipment.
Cops arrived on Jan. 10 and ran the plates, telling Cartelli that the vehicle was still registered as an ambulance. The cops slapped a summons on the vehicle, but didn’t have it towed.
"They told me there was nothing they could do," Cartelli said. "I guess they didn’t want to be bothered."
The ambulance hadn’t been towed (away) by Monday night. Cops from the 63rd Precinct say they are trying to find the vehicle’s owner and ensure that it hasn’t been reported stolen. Once that’s done, the vehicle will be taken away, a precinct community affairs officer explained.
Firegeezer supposes that there is a lesson there, but can't figure out what it is.
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