Thursday, July 7, 2022

That Was a Close One

 I am driving along a somewhat isolated roadway in the early morning.  There is a man laid out by the side of the road near the curb.  His arms were stretched out, hands curled, legs up and bent at the knees.   I stopped to see if he would move; he did not.  I called 911. They asked me to wait and flag-down the ambulance; I agreed.  So as I sat waiting, a security guard from an adjacent property stopped and got out of his vehicle. He thought I needed help because I had my hazard lights on.  I pointed to the man on the side of the road.  The security guard went to a nearby tree and pulled a branch off.  I was not sure why he did that until he walked over and started poking this man with the tree branch. Low and behold this man raised himself up and said; “oh hello officer” just as clear as a bell.  About this time the ambulance rolled-up.  The security guard said, “I’ll take it from here, ma’am”.  The universe was conspiring for his good for sure.