LossForWords Posted June 8, 2007 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 857 Content Per Day: 0.13 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/07/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/04/1981 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Paw Paw, Michigan (WZZM) - A wheelchair-bound man went on the ride of his life Wednesday after visiting a gas station in Van Buren County. Calls began pouring in to the Paw Paw post of the Michigan State Police around 4:00 p.m. The first call came in with a woman telling dispatchers, "You are not going to believe this, there is a semi- truck pushing a guy in a wheel chair on Red Arrow Highway!" The truck was traveling westbound on Red Arrow Highway just outside the village of Paw Paw. Authorities responded to the call on Red Arrow Highway where the man and his wheelchair were still attached to the semi-truck. Troopers and officers found a 21-year-old man un-harmed as he sat in his wheelchair, its handles still lodged in the truck's front grill. Investigators say the semi truck owned by RMI had pulled out of a local gas station. The young man in the wheelchair some how pulled in front of the semi-truck, causing his wheelchair handles to become stuck in the front grill of the truck. Authorities say the semi-truck at times reached speeds of nearly 50 miles per hour for nearly four miles. The semi driver was in disbelief as troopers told him about the man on his front grill until he saw it for himself. Police say the 21-year-old man was un-harmed and unfazed by the incident. The young man was quoted as saying, "It was quite a ride." One trooper said, "You could work another 90 years in Law Enforcement and never see something like this. We're just glad no one was injured in this unusual incident." When I read that the man was quite alright, I laughed until I cried. Could you imagine what that looked like? What the troopers thought when they figured out what was going on? The expression on the truck driver's face when he realized what was stuck in his grill? Oh my! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletprayers Posted June 8, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 135 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 7,537 Content Per Day: 1.08 Reputation: 157 Days Won: 2 Joined: 04/06/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/29/1956 Share Posted June 8, 2007 The word miracle comes to mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LossForWords Posted June 8, 2007 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 857 Content Per Day: 0.13 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/07/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/04/1981 Author Share Posted June 8, 2007 I KNOW! You should see the picture. The man is just sitting in his wheelchair...smiling! I can't believe the wheels on his chair didn't fall off or something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LossForWords Posted June 8, 2007 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 857 Content Per Day: 0.13 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/07/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/04/1981 Author Share Posted June 8, 2007 Ahhhh...a like-minded person. I knew I liked you for some reason! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletprayers Posted June 8, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 135 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 7,537 Content Per Day: 1.08 Reputation: 157 Days Won: 2 Joined: 04/06/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/29/1956 Share Posted June 8, 2007 ghosty nooooooooooooooooo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LossForWords Posted June 8, 2007 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 857 Content Per Day: 0.13 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/07/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/04/1981 Author Share Posted June 8, 2007 I couldn't even imagine! 50 mph...out in the open like that? I'm thinking the guy had to have been buckled into his wheelchair. And how did they stop the truck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LossForWords Posted June 8, 2007 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 857 Content Per Day: 0.13 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/07/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/04/1981 Author Share Posted June 8, 2007 I'm going to stick this link in here and see if it works... http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,278881,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningGlory Posted June 8, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1,022 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 39,193 Content Per Day: 6.09 Reputation: 9,977 Days Won: 78 Joined: 10/01/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted June 8, 2007 The word miracle comes to mind Indeed!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladypeartree Posted June 8, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 37 Topic Count: 542 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 33,086 Content Per Day: 5.06 Reputation: 23,934 Days Won: 240 Joined: 06/21/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/23/1953 Share Posted June 8, 2007 I hope he remembers to first thank God for the miracle then thank the people that made such a strong chair and the people who called it in before he did get hurt ...but I have to admire his courage in not making a huge deal of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meagain Posted June 8, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 86 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 864 Content Per Day: 0.14 Reputation: 38 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/30/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/22/1954 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Ghosty I was laughing to but I was afraid someone would think I was heartless,Not knowing if the poor guy had a heart attack or something. Bet he probadly had to stop at the nearest bathroom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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