A MAN IN NEED OF HELP
On my way to work this morning I was getting off the exit ramp at 131 south and Pearl and it was pretty backed up. I couldn’t tell why but I saw cars going around something in the road. I assumed maybe it was something that had fallen off a truck or garbage. Never in my imagination would I think that people would be driving around a human being laying in the road, who clearly had fallen down and was in need of help.
I pulled over and ran up to him to see if he was ok as cars zipped by me. The man stared at me blankly and didn’t respond so I called 911 so medics could move him and check to see if he was ok. Finally a man with a truck pulled behind me and put his hazards on to stop traffic and came out to check on him. My coworker?Susan Hollman Krieger?was passing and pulled over, grabbed a blanket out of her car and draped it over him till medics came.
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I’m not sharing this for accolades or recognition, but I’m sharing this because I wonder how long he was laying in the middle of the road before we stopped. How many people kept driving and didn’t think it was important enough to take a few minutes out of their morning to check on a human life? It was 17 degrees outside. I’m so disappointed. I expect more out of my community. Don’t be a bystander, help people who are in need, stick up for people when you hear something that doesn’t sit right with you. And believe me, your morning meetings can wait to help a man get out of the middle of the road before he gets killed by a vehicle.
Be better, Grand Rapids.?