A Twitter user with the handle @hand2ome shared his heroic
experience when he was traveling from Lagos to Portharcout City. He recounted
his ordeals and how he helped save the lives of the occupants (family) in the
Toyota 4Runner SUV.
The man behind the wheel lost control and was at the verge
of falling inside a big ditch with his family in the SUV; then the good
Samaritan intervened. It happened in Ondo State.
So back in August, I was on my way to PHC from Lagos.. in
the front seat of one of the GUO buses.. somewhere before Ore, I saw someone
waving frantically from inside this 4runner. I quickly alerted the GUO driver
and he stopped. then we all ran back to the spot…apparently, this 4runner
skidded off the road and was supposed somersault backwards into a very deep
ditch by the roadside.. I still can’t explain what kept it hanging/dangling. it
was like a touch of the finger will just topple it into the big hole behind it.
The driver, probably a young man in his mid 30s just kept
his foot on the break. he is a hero. I probably would have been so scared
looking out the window to see the valley behind me and my foot will tremble
uncontrollably. but he held fast and waved frantically.
behind him, there was a woman and two children. first thing
we did is take out the children through the window.. then we started waving
down trailers.. one Dangote trailer stopped and i dived for the rope underneath
it.. no time to check time.. we got two ropes…we quickly tied the ropes
accordingly, the trailer tried to move. the ropes both cut.. it was a nervy
moment as the suv almost slid off but one rope didn’t cut completely. nervy
moment. phewww. remember the man and the woman are still inside. the woman was
praying like a warrior
So i ran again and blocked another big truck.. i shouted
rope rope rope.. that one now stopped.. and they threw one rope for us.. the
mother of all ropes.. that one can lift a house. this 4runner is not just being
towed, it was to be pulled because the tires. the entire weight
when the dangote truck began pulling, it was like the 4
runner was goring to rollover as it wasn’t a straight pull. remember there
wasn’t enough space to pull straight. but God in his infinite mercies.. the
jeep was out and it’s occupants safe. oh God was I relieved?
One thing that struck me was how I forgot that I had a phone
during the whole rescue activity. I was all dirty from handling big ropes and
going under the truck to tie them. I was so involved that I didn’t even
remember that there is something called pictures.
it was when we got back in the bus that someone now
mentioned pictures. eventually I collected these two pictures via whatsapp from
one of my co-travelers. I really felt very useful. remember to drive safe guys.
remember to help anyway you can when you can.
Big shout out to the GUO driver “sorry I can’t recall his
name” who stopped instantly and took part in the rescue process as well. also
was really impressed by the Dangote trailer driver, we hear a lot of bad
reports but hey.. good reports abound too. blessed.
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