Trucker rescues toddler flung out of car into the dark in crash - heartwarming, miraculous
Posting because this is inspiring and heart-opening:
Trucker Hero Pulls Over When He Sees ‘Frantic’ Man Running Up Highway After Wreck Flings His Toddler into the Dark
Joe Hylton, has been driving big rigs for two years and, by his count, this is the seventh time he’s come to the rescue on the scene of an accident—and this time, perhaps, was the most heartwarming.
Driving for Perdue Farms, he was traveling at night down Delaware’s Route 1 recently, when he came across the scene of a bad accident. Both cars were nearly destroyed, and a man was frantically running down the highway.
Hylton pulled over and walked out into the middle of high-speed traffic in the dark to direct drivers away from the two wrecked cars. Then one of the drivers started to scream that he couldn’t find his daughter.
As a father of three, Hylton recalled, “I see a frantic father running around. He’s looking in the back of his truck and saying ‘I can’t find my daughter, I can’t find my daughter.’ I looked in and I saw an empty car seat in the back of the truck.”
Joe immediately went into “dad” mode and began to search through the marshy area along the road using his flashlight.
He finally came across a small gray bundle. At first he was afraid to look, knowing the type of injuries the two-year old could have sustained after being ejected from the car, but to his astonishment the little girl reached up to him without a single scratch.
The tearful dad thanked Joe, who got back in his truck and went on his way.
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“I grabbed her and called for the dad, the dad came running over, and we had a hug. We didn’t know each other, I never met him before in my life. But I’ll tell you we knew each other in that moment.”
“Everyone is so angry and upset, it seems like the world is on a level ten right now. A little bit of good will go a long way. It gives me hope that things are on the mend, that things are changing.”
More at link. Read the whole thing. It will bring tears. Good tears.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/trucker-helps-frantic-man-after-highway-wreck-flung-his-daughter-into-dark/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=weekly_mailout&utm_source=05-01-2021
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There are good people doing good things and we need to hear these stories to keep our spirits up. Otherwise, the polluting stories of so many asshats wear us down.
Just need more sunlight on them.
