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NurseJackie

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Fri Jan 7, 2022, 09:54 AM Jan 2022

An Uber driver and his passenger were stuck on I-95 for hours. He went out of his way to make sure...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/01/07/uber-driver-teenager-stuck-i95-gets-job-offer/

An Uber driver and his passenger were stuck on I-95 for hours. He went out of his way to make sure she got home.


DaVante Williams, a part-time Uber driver, asked the teenager to put her parents on the phone so he could propose a plan that would get their daughter home safely once the Virginia Department of Transportation reopened I-95. (DaVante Williams)

By Andrea Salcedo
Today at 8:11 a.m. EST

DaVante Williams and his passenger had already been sitting inside his blue BMW for at least five hours in Virginia.

The part-time Uber driver had tried to take alternate routes that would steer him away from Interstate 95 — the highway that, thanks to a winter storm, no driver wanted to take earlier this week. He needed to get the teenager he had picked up at D.C.'s Union Station early Tuesday morning to her home in Williamsburg, Va.

But, like hundreds of motorists stranded by the storm that day, Williams and the teenager were at a standstill.

The teenager, who appeared exhausted and regularly called her parents to update them on the situation, was yet again on the verge of tears, Williams said. His car was losing gas by the minute as temperatures dropped, and he had resorted to turning off his vehicle for intervals of five minutes to preserve fuel and keep the heater on.

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An Uber driver and his passenger were stuck on I-95 for hours. He went out of his way to make sure... (Original Post) NurseJackie Jan 2022 OP
What a lovely man. nt Nay Jan 2022 #1
Nice story!!! Nt USALiberal Jan 2022 #2
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