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    James Radford Rescues a Hawk in Midtown

    Decatur Metro | March 31, 2010 | 5:05 pm

    Hooty would be so proud!


    Former Decatur City Commission candidate James Radford writes on Flickr

    Coolest lunch break ever.

    So, on my way back to work after lunch at Colony Square, I’m about to cross over 14th street, and out of nowhere this enormous bird just falls out of the sky and into the middle of the road with a thud. Its a huge hawk and it fell right on the line between the lanes of traffic. Me and these two other guys see it, and are like, holy crap, what should we do? Its still moving. And cars are whizzing past it threatening to run over it at any moment. I think it must have hit the King and Spalding building, which is made of reflective glass.

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