Good Samaritan
Over her lunch hour, an employee at one of the neighboring businesses changed into shorts and running shoes and went for a nice, relaxing run. At least that’s what it was supposed to be. It rained in OKC last night and there was still some water on the roads today. As she was running, she slipped in a puddle on the road and took a hard fall. When she stood up and brushed the dirt off herself she examined her arm. The bone was trying to poke through the skin and the pain was excruciating. She could hardly stand let alone finish her run so she sat down on the nearest curb doubled over in pain.
My coworker drove right past this woman on the road but then decided to go back and help her. She had been sitting on the side of the road for awhile but nobody had stopped to see if she was okay until now. Her arm was broken and she needed to go to the hospital. My coworker used her lunch hour to help a woman she had never met before.
Once when I lived in Portland I had car problems and ended up stranded on the side of the road. I was driving down I-205 with my brother and my friend Tabitha. The car started making a weird noise and when smoke started coming out of the tires I decided to stop. The tires were ruined and the rims were damaged a bit. Traffic on the interstate backed up as drivers slowed down to look at us. We caused a traffic jam but nobody stopped to help. As we started walking toward the exit a minivan pulled off to the side. There was a middle-aged couple up front and several children in the back. Clearly, there was not enough room for three stranded motorists. But they offered us a ride anyway and made room in their vehicle for people they had never met.
Sometimes I am very impressed by the kindness of others.
My coworker drove right past this woman on the road but then decided to go back and help her. She had been sitting on the side of the road for awhile but nobody had stopped to see if she was okay until now. Her arm was broken and she needed to go to the hospital. My coworker used her lunch hour to help a woman she had never met before.
Once when I lived in Portland I had car problems and ended up stranded on the side of the road. I was driving down I-205 with my brother and my friend Tabitha. The car started making a weird noise and when smoke started coming out of the tires I decided to stop. The tires were ruined and the rims were damaged a bit. Traffic on the interstate backed up as drivers slowed down to look at us. We caused a traffic jam but nobody stopped to help. As we started walking toward the exit a minivan pulled off to the side. There was a middle-aged couple up front and several children in the back. Clearly, there was not enough room for three stranded motorists. But they offered us a ride anyway and made room in their vehicle for people they had never met.
Sometimes I am very impressed by the kindness of others.
"Whats that?" - Tabitha
"Oh, its just the grooves in the road, it's nothing." - Krista
"Oh, okay....but where is that smoke coming from?" - Tabitha
hahahaha...great memory!
Posted by
Tabs |
5/12/2006 11:19 AM
In college, we wer going to Florida with the campus group. It was about 2 a.m. and we were just outside of Mobile, AL when the van died and we had no way to tell the rest of the group they left us (and we weren't scheduled to stop for another 2 hours). Luckily after a while, a truck driver pulled over to help. He drove into town, got a friend who owned a shop to come tow our van and got his wife to bring their surburban and pick up and drive us into town. They were so helpful and a definate God-send.
Posted by
Stacey |
5/12/2006 4:32 PM