irefighters train to handle smoke, flames and injuries. Not aggressive monkeys.
A Fort Lauderdale
battalion chief handling a motorcycle accident on West Broward
Boulevard reached over to turn off the motorcycle when a marmoset monkey
jumped out from under a wheel and bit him on the finger.
The monkey had been riding in a bag attached to the motorcycle. Battalion Chief Stewart Ahearn received a tetanus shot. The monkey received 10 days in quarantine. Both are fine.
The owner was issued a warning for failing to label the monkey bag with what was in it.
