Someone I will never know saved my life today.
There I was, careening towards Main Street at speeds approaching 30 miles per hour when all of a sudden a lady comes out of a side street, runs the stop sign and cuts in front of me. At first I was pissed but as we slowed to a more reasonable 15 miles per hour, I realized she was trying to save my life. She was slowing me down just like in the movie when Spider-Man jumps in front of the train!
How lucky I am, I thought, to have this protector in front of me as I drive to the grocery store. Here she is, not knowing me from any other citizen, yet she chose to protect me from the dangers of driving through town. Who else would break at every fire hydrant and newspaper machine we passed? No telling when one of those might fall into the road!
And look! There's a crosswalk. Sure, there doesn't APPEAR to be anyone anywhere near it. But you never know. Maybe that guy four blocks away will start sprinting and cross before we can stop. That's two lives saved, counting his.
Sure, she knows reckless punks like me might get impatient driving behind her, but she's willing to take the heat.
A true unsung hero and I may never know who she is.
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