It was good news all around, after the travel travails of this morning. The truck driver was interviewed on the evening news; the fire actually started from a stuck brake or wheel, according to him; he saw it in his mirror, and thought it was a tailgater. After another look, he realized his rig was on fire, and as calmly as he could, got it off the road to an as-out-of-the-way-place as he could, and then ran away from it, shortly before the explosion.
What composure; who knows how many lives were spared because of his heads up response? And his comments at the end of his interview on NBC4, Washington DC:
Chew said that he’s thankful to be alive just one day before Thanksgiving.
“I think I need to go kiss my kids, mother, wife,” he said. “You never know when your life will be over in a split second while doing your job … just simply doing your job.”
Words for us all to live by, and act accordingly.
-k-
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