On my way into work at about 8:15 am this morning, my pickup hit an extremely slippery patch of ice on Bohemian Highway just in front of the post office, did a 180 degree turn, and ended up with my front wheel in the deep ditch on the side of the road and my truck blocking one lane of the road at a very dangerous and slippery curve in the road. Frankly, I was amazed that I was still alive.
I could not get cell phone service and the situation was very dangerous--- anyone coming along and braking suddenly would almost certainly skid, causing a disaster.
A very kind woman came along and, using her cell phone I was able to call AAA and while I was doing that she was alerting approaching traffic on one end while I alerted approaching traffic on the other end. This took a good chunk out of her day on a cold morning and put her at some risk to stand out there in the road.
Then a guy came along with a large 4-wheel drive truck and hooked a rope to my truck and pulled me out of the ditch before the AAA truck came, finally ending the dangerous situation. To my complete amazement, my truck still worked, seemed completely undamaged, and I was able to drive away.
So, my deepest thanks to the woman and man (neither of whose names I got) for helping me out of a potentially disasterous situation, despite the risk it put both of you at. My faith in humanity is, at least partially, restored. May I pass on the thoughtfulness and consideration to someone else in need of help.
And my thanks to Providence for my extremely good fortune this morning to escape unscathed from such a near miss.
And to everyone--- drive slowly and carefully and pay attention on these cold, icy mornings!! You may get there 5 minutes later, but you'll get there.
Philip Tymon