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<blockquote data-quote="Calamity Jane" data-source="post: 589970" data-attributes="member: 13882"><p>This is like "Touched by an Angel", and every word is true.</p><p>When we first adopted easy child, we had a tiny Toyota Corolla which already had about 75,000 miles on it. We lived in NY, in a not great neighborhood, and potholes reigned on all the streets. The wheels were small, and the potholes were big.</p><p>One late Sunday evening, we were coming home from sister-in-law's house in NJ, with tiny easy child in the carseat. The traffic on the parkway about 3 exits from our house was backed up, and husband decided to get off the parkway and take the streets home. Only problem is, it was a very bad neighborhood, but husband just impulsively got off the exit, as we already were in the car for about an hour and a half. We both knew the area like the back of our hands, because it is a well known shortcut, but there are a lot of warehouses, and sketchy buildings, and it's better to navigate in daytime if you use it as a shortcut.</p><p>Anyway, we're on a scary abandoned warehouse desolated street that we have to pass to get to the main road that will take us home. husband hit a monster pothole, more like a crater that nearly swallowed the front right part of the car, and we got a blowout, which meant we were going to have to fix the tire right there. Did I mention it was raining? So he gets out of the car and I went into the tiny backseat to keep easy child company in her carseat. I'm thinking this is not good - he's strong, but he's not Hercules, and we are in a freaking BAD neighborhood, and our baby is in the car with us! husband is about to get moving on the tire when 3 or 4 young guys appear out of nowhere and say, "You have to get out of here...don't you know it's not safe?" husband tells them he's got a blowout, he may have ruined the rim, and that he has to change the tire, his wife and baby are in the car waiting. There were no cellphones to call AAA in those days, and no payphones to be found. I'm street smart enough to know those guys could've robbed us, killed us, God knows what. Instead, they scrambled to help and they got the donut tire on there in no time. The car was wet and filthy and they were just helping husband to get out of there as quickly as possible. We were incredibly grateful. husband wanted to pay them for their trouble, but they refused; he asked where they came from, because it was a commercial area, and it was desolated, we didn't see them when we pulled over, but they just "appeared" - it was like a guardian angel moment. We were off in seconds flat, and we never drove thru there again if we hit traffic! God bless those guys whoever they were!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calamity Jane, post: 589970, member: 13882"] This is like "Touched by an Angel", and every word is true. When we first adopted easy child, we had a tiny Toyota Corolla which already had about 75,000 miles on it. We lived in NY, in a not great neighborhood, and potholes reigned on all the streets. The wheels were small, and the potholes were big. One late Sunday evening, we were coming home from sister-in-law's house in NJ, with tiny easy child in the carseat. The traffic on the parkway about 3 exits from our house was backed up, and husband decided to get off the parkway and take the streets home. Only problem is, it was a very bad neighborhood, but husband just impulsively got off the exit, as we already were in the car for about an hour and a half. We both knew the area like the back of our hands, because it is a well known shortcut, but there are a lot of warehouses, and sketchy buildings, and it's better to navigate in daytime if you use it as a shortcut. Anyway, we're on a scary abandoned warehouse desolated street that we have to pass to get to the main road that will take us home. husband hit a monster pothole, more like a crater that nearly swallowed the front right part of the car, and we got a blowout, which meant we were going to have to fix the tire right there. Did I mention it was raining? So he gets out of the car and I went into the tiny backseat to keep easy child company in her carseat. I'm thinking this is not good - he's strong, but he's not Hercules, and we are in a freaking BAD neighborhood, and our baby is in the car with us! husband is about to get moving on the tire when 3 or 4 young guys appear out of nowhere and say, "You have to get out of here...don't you know it's not safe?" husband tells them he's got a blowout, he may have ruined the rim, and that he has to change the tire, his wife and baby are in the car waiting. There were no cellphones to call AAA in those days, and no payphones to be found. I'm street smart enough to know those guys could've robbed us, killed us, God knows what. Instead, they scrambled to help and they got the donut tire on there in no time. The car was wet and filthy and they were just helping husband to get out of there as quickly as possible. We were incredibly grateful. husband wanted to pay them for their trouble, but they refused; he asked where they came from, because it was a commercial area, and it was desolated, we didn't see them when we pulled over, but they just "appeared" - it was like a guardian angel moment. We were off in seconds flat, and we never drove thru there again if we hit traffic! God bless those guys whoever they were! [/QUOTE]
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