Wrong foot forward

The rather simple but universally accepted rule of “Finders keepers” apparently has its limitations. Limitations which, as one St. Lucie County, Florida, firefighter has learned, includes but is not necessarily limited to severed feet. And while no one is accusing her of actually removing the foot herself, most are in agreement that Cindy Economu probably should have at least asked the guy whose foot it was if he would mind her keeping it.

The man, Karl Lambert, had been involved in an auto accident that ended with his truck accordioned against a tree. Economu was among rescue workers sent to the scene, but while the greater percentage of Lambert was sent to hospital, his foot, severed in the accident, left with Cindy.

Economu made no secret of leaving with the foot and did bring it to hospital days later when her supervisors mentioned she might have done something wrong, but it was far too late for doctors to attempt reattachment.

Although Economu does train dogs to find decomposing human flesh, her supervisor couldn’t confirm what she “was going to use this specific foot for.” She has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation. Lambert, meanwhile, got himself a lawyer

by SCOTT SAXON