Late on Friday afternoon, with all of us heading into the last long-weekend of summer… what are the odds of witnessing the work of a Good Samaritan?

 

Much higher than one might expect…if one is fortunate enough to live in our community.

 

I had finished a meeting on the afternoon of September 3rd and my watch said 4 o’clock. I thought about calling it a week and heading home but decided to clean up some paperwork at the office. I turned off King Street on to Weber Street, in Waterloo. In front of the Faith Life building, my lane was partially blocked by a woman trying to push her car to the side of the road. I squeezed past her, almost touching the curb because there wasn’t much room. I could see a couple of people running from the Faith Life laneway…it looked like they were coming to help the lady out. I decided to go past and do a U-turn so I could come up behind the lady…to block traffic so no one would accidentally hit her or the people who were helping her.

 

By the time I had driven up behind to block traffic the lady was inside steering and 4 people were pushing her car to a safe spot.

 

I pulled out my BlackBerry and took the following picture:

 

We traded business cards and I exchanged email with 2 of these Good Samaritans.

 

Here is a picture of those two Good Samaritans, the Ackermans, taken while they were on vacation in New Zealand.

 

 

If you know Dan or Bethany…give them a pat on the back for the nice thing they did for a lady in distress on a busy Friday afternoon.