(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . In Boston, After Driver Passes Out, Dominican Immigrant Sprints Across Icy Hwy To Stop Moving Car. [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-02-04 On January 23rd, Adolfo Molina Burgos, who works as an Uber driver, was driving with a friend on Interstate 93 to pick up a fare at Boston’s Logan International Airport. The snow was falling and the road was icy, but the driving was even slower going than the weather allowed. They saw a blue vehicle driving bizarrely in the middle of the road until it veered over to, and began scraping against the guardrail and a high rate of speed, and it was continuing unabated. They could also see the female driver slumped over, apparently unconscious. They knew that she needed help and she needed help right now. So Adolfo, a tall and powerfully built 24-year-old lad, pulled over, got out and sprinted at a high rate of speed across the four lane highway, dodging and weaving through the slow moving cars, over slick ice in spots, all to reach the runaway vehicle before someone got injured. He hauled ass. He had to, because the car was still going between 25 and 30 miles an hour. www.youtube.com/… Recalled Adolfo, “I’m running through traffic. I try to open the door first, but it didn’t open initially. I ran even faster.” Realizing that door was locked, he gestured to his friend for help and called out for something that would break the window. “He brought two pieces of wood that were kind of thick, and I kept saying, ‘Break the window. Break the window.’ We started pushing the car towards the railing on the side so it wouldn’t go back on the highway and cause an accident.” By then he had run for over a mile. Finally the car hit a divider and stopped. The men comforted the woman and stayed with her until emergency services arrived. And then…. he went back to work. (!) When he returned home, the adrenaline rush hit him. He slept for hours, unaware that by then over a million people had viewed the video of his exploits. When he finally woke up, his wife Pena told him that the phone calls from friends were constant, as were the texts. “My friends asked me if something was wrong because they saw me running on the highway. That’s when I saw the video on TikTok.” Adolfo is from the Dominican Republic, and has been living in Lawrence, Mass with his wife and two children for five years. As such, he received a call from the Dominican Republic Consulate General in Boston with an invitation to be honored by them, and by all the country. Likewise he was honored by Lawrence Mayor Brian A. DePeña, along with State Representatives, City Council Members, the Lawrence Police Chief and Fire Dept. Chief. And within the week, the family was flown to the Dominican Republic to meet with a proud President Luis Abinader and other high-ranking government officials. It was there that after saying that he wanted to meet the driver and “give her a hug,” that he was informed that the woman, a 57-year-old from Plaistow, N.H., had suffered a heart attack on the day of the accident and had died just a few hours ago. Adolfo’s face turned white and tears came to his eyes, and his wife held him. When he was able to regain his composure, he shared his family’s condolences with her family. “I tried everything I could to save her life. I’m really sorry. I hope that God has her in a good place.” As his wife Pena put it… "Help because you don't know who that could be in the car. A mom, a dad, a sister, or a sibling. If you see something, do something. You were put there for a reason.” [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/2/4/2151099/-In-Boston-After-Driver-Passes-Out-Dominican-Immigrant-Sprints-Across-Icy-Hwy-To-Stop-Moving-Car Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/