Hope and Inspiration
Amazing thing happened to me on my bike ride home today: I was stopped at a 4-way red light. A guy in a SUV heading perpendicular was having trouble starting his vehicle. (Apparently it just died.) As soon as my light turned green, I planned to help him. However within seconds a pedestrian across the street (with a Walk), a bike rider, and a guy at the bus stop all were helping push him out of traffic. There I was, Mr. Helpful, stuck on the other side of a red light. He was all taken care of before I could even contribute.
That episode makes me happy to live in Seattle, where people help each other. What community!
August 16th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
…still trying to get there……………
August 16th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
So they calculated the carbon footprint of his SUV and helpfully pushed it into Elliot Bay, right?
August 17th, 2008 at 10:34 am
Ha! I did think of that afterwards, that it was funny that the people who helped were sympathetic to his plight regardless of vehicle–as I was. I know I’ve been in that situation long ago (not an SUV of course!) and it’s certainly not fun.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:31 am
Yeah, here you would have had to push it all by yourself while trying to dodge all the traffic….. The “Heartland” leaves a lot to be desired in “Heart” department……
August 23rd, 2008 at 11:09 pm
You know stories like this make me realise that there are still good people out there.