Wow!
Our entire world needs more young people like this!
- - - Or maybe we just need to hear of more of their accomplishments. ("hint hint" to the media)?
This story will warm your heart.
Have a great weekend!
XOXO
Me
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WAYNE COUNTY (WTVD) -- The North Carolina Highway Patrol says four people would have died in a car engulfed in flames, if it hadn't been for a group of quick thinking teens.
Seeing the charred remains of the Dodge Neon, it's hard to believe anyone survived.
"You heard this thing just hit the side of the ground," Jeremy Jones explained. "It was just a loud smack."
Jones, 18, says he and six friends, who are students at Southern Wayne High School, were swimming in Mill Creek off of Williford Road near the Johnston-Wayne County line when they heard a crash.
"We heard tires squealing and then all of a sudden we heard a big boom, and we all got out of the water and we ran up -- bathing suits, no shoes, no shirt -- ran up," Jones said. "And we run past the car because we couldn't see it because it was actually wrapped in vine in the trees."
Hearing screams for help, they yanked poison ivy vines off the car. Troopers say the car crashed into a tree going 70 miles per hour in a 55 mile per hour zone.
"We pulled this first guy out, and he's all bloodied up and his girlfriend comes out and then another girl comes out," Jones added. "And then they said there was another guy, but he wasn't wearing a seatbelt.
He was underneath the car that rolled up underneath the tree and there was a dead log on top of him."
Three of the teens lifted the car and the log off the man troopers identified as the driver, 24-year-old Matthew Williams.
"We thought he was dead," Jones said. "And he said, 'uuuuh,' and he started breathing and we toted him out to the road and the car caught on fire."
All of this happened before first responders arrived. Investigators say paramedics rushed Williams to the hospital with severe internal injuries.
The male and two female passengers were treated for minor injuries.
"I just don't want to take the glory for it, none of us do," Jones said. "God, he put us in the right place at the right time."
The Highway Patrol says speed and alcohol were factors in the crash. The driver, Williams, is listed in critical condition at Pitt Memorial Hospital and faces DWi and reckless driving charges.
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Life is good.
yes we need to hear more of their good deeds :)
ReplyDeleteIt looks like there was enough nuscle there to take and throw that car if needed...LOL...Way to go guys!
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ReplyDeleteI agree wholeheartedly Sweet Heidi!
Neal;
ReplyDeleteI went to BayPort High School- (Since you are from GB, I am guessing that you are familiar with my school).
Anyway, one night, Mama had dropped me off for a Varsity game.- As I got out of the car and she tried to leave, she found she was stuck in the mud. Since I was dreamy about one of our football guys, he saw me arrive...
... And also saw what had happened to Ma.
He then grabbed a few of his football team...
They lifted up that brand spankin' new AMC Matador without a single grunt.
Those cars were heavy as tanks back then.
My main squeeze (and his teammates) was/were just that strong. hehehe
Cool eh?
Kudos to those boys who stepped up to help.... a big fat BOO to the idiot who put ten lives at risk by drinking then driving.
ReplyDeleteWe always notice the bad drivers Anna, the ones on their mobiles, the drunk ones but rarely do we hear of the good ones, rarely do we notice the ones pulled of to the side of the road on the phones, the ones walking or catching a taxi home the same goes for the kids of today, we hardly ever hear of them or give them credit where credit is due.
ReplyDeleteYes I remember the Matador and the Gremlin etc...LOL...and we use to go "Beatle Tipping" after football games...LOL
ReplyDeleteDamn fine thing I drove the Hornet- One regular and 3 hatchback.
ReplyDeleteXOXO
Me
This is scary...the first car I bought was a Hornet. hatchback..that orange-rust multpile colored combination they had ...LOL
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ReplyDeleteYAY!
I had one just like that!!!!
True story!
LOL...1978 did it have that weird brown interior too...it was like a big leftovers of paint and such from some autumn float...LOL...but not one problem with it...or any of the AMC's.
ReplyDeleteGod Bless these young men and praise be that He put them in the right place at the right time.
ReplyDeleteoxox,
foryoursnotballsister
ReplyDeleteMine had itchy plaid interior, but the back seats had pleather.
The trunk/hatchback had more of the itchy stuff
hehehe
I think that was the same....it just was ugly...but new they thought it was something...LOL
ReplyDeleteSweet Pea;
ReplyDeleteYou've got that right- And for some reason he is given a second chance to make it right.
XOXO
Mama D.
ReplyDeleteLester;
We notice the freaks because at that moment in time we are all wishing we had a badge!
hehehe
Credit is given to these 6 good young men.
XOXO
me
Sweet SnotBallSis!
ReplyDeletehehehe
How do we thank Him in our Native hearts and languages?
I know it isn't the same- Yet I still am having a problem with both of these cultures within me.
Please let me know?
XOXO
Me
And I hope that he takes the hint.
ReplyDeleteand also that he wholeheartedly thanks those who helped to give him that chance....
They deserve it.
ReplyDeleteUgly or not, I just liked that they went forward and backward without being pushed.
hehehe
Not everyone is as fortunate as he was.
ReplyDeleteI haven't looked up anything further to see how he is doing.
I will do that when I get back online.
Love to ya Sweet Baby Girl.
XOXO
Me
Sweet Sissy Anne,
ReplyDeleteAs near as I can figure, He doesn't care what name we call Him by, just so we do our best to honor Him.
oxox,
foreveryoursnotballsister
wow, like they said they were there at the right time and just acted and thank God that they did!
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