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Helping stranded motorists.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)(Frank Riegler)
There is an unidentified group of good Samaritans prowling the streets of Philadelphia these days. PhillyBurbs.com related on April 13 how Joanne Pingor of Lower Makefield, Pennsylvania, met one of these kind and generous people when her car broke down.
Pingor was driving on a very busy highway, taking her daughter Jessica and three other Junior Girl Scouts to a sleepover event, when her SUV started having trouble and she was forced to pull over to the side of the road. Never mind AAA, help was already on the way--in the form of Philadelphia resident Frank Riegler, who just happened to be driving fight behind her.
"I thought he was just going to make sure we had help coming, or maybe make a call for us, and then be on his way," said Pingor. "But we started talking and something just told me to trust this guy, so I did."
Riegler did more to help than just make a phone call or check in on Joanne and the Girl Scouts. First, he used his van to push the SUV two miles--one mile to the highway exit, then another mile to a gas station where it could be safely parked to await AAA and Pingor's husband. Then he drove Pingor and the four girls to their sleepover. After dropping them off, he ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Helping stranded motorists.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)(Frank Riegler)