Sunday, November 26, 2006
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from Nov 21 ABQ Journal:
Good Samaritans Show Up on I-40
I HAD SPENT a week in the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Albuquerque. I
was released and on my way home to Hobbs. About 30 miles out of Vaughn,
there was a sharp piece of steel lying in the highway. I did not see it in
time to avoid hitting it with my front tire, which blew out.
I tried to use my cell phone, but there wasn't any service in that area.
I am on oxygen and could not change my tire myself. My wife began trying to
flag someone down, but everyone kept going.
I began to think we were stranded, when two great gentlemen- Rey Garduño
and Joaquin Lujan-- with the SouthWest Organizing Project in Albuquerque
came by and stopped. They were on their way to Carlsbad. They worked hard as
my jack would not raise the pickup high enough for them to get it off the
ground. They finally tried the jack in their rental car, and it worked, and
they fixed the tire.
I want people in Albuquerque to know there are still good people out
there. These two men were my "heroes for the day." Thanks to both.
MERVIN ROBERTS
Hobbs
Good Samaritans Show Up on I-40
I HAD SPENT a week in the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Albuquerque. I
was released and on my way home to Hobbs. About 30 miles out of Vaughn,
there was a sharp piece of steel lying in the highway. I did not see it in
time to avoid hitting it with my front tire, which blew out.
I tried to use my cell phone, but there wasn't any service in that area.
I am on oxygen and could not change my tire myself. My wife began trying to
flag someone down, but everyone kept going.
I began to think we were stranded, when two great gentlemen- Rey Garduño
and Joaquin Lujan-- with the SouthWest Organizing Project in Albuquerque
came by and stopped. They were on their way to Carlsbad. They worked hard as
my jack would not raise the pickup high enough for them to get it off the
ground. They finally tried the jack in their rental car, and it worked, and
they fixed the tire.
I want people in Albuquerque to know there are still good people out
there. These two men were my "heroes for the day." Thanks to both.
MERVIN ROBERTS
Hobbs
