I was driving to work today, and an incident gave me pause to think about what is important.
As you know we are trying to sell our house north of Decatur. As I was driving around Bloomington this morning, I saw in front of me a black Saturn spinning and doing a 360 in front and slide down the side of the highway.
They probably would have been OK, except this occurred just south of the Normal Wildcats football stadium... where the culvert is for the drainage ditch.
The car unfortunately hit that just the wrong way, and flipped over and disappeared to those who saw the whole thing.
Along with many others, I stopped to go help those in the car. Turns out it was a dad and his older daughter.
The car was upside down in the water part of the ditch, with the trunk and rear seat in the water.
By the time I had arrived, both of the passengers somehow had survived, with only scratches, and were out of the car. Obviously both were shaken up, and were soaked. We all offered out coats, had them take off their wet clothes, while some others called the paramedics and state police.
In all - almost 10 people stopped and came to offer help for this person in distress. The dad thanked us all, and was very greatful because, as he pointed out, if we had not stopped, you could not see the car from the road, it flipped into the culvert and was 'hidden' from the road.
It is why I love to work in Central IL. People here care for each other and what is important. Several folks waited for the paramedics and police to show up... just to be there with the folks. It is all very scary time, but just having folks around is very helpful.
I took it a little slower on my drive in, and thought about many things - how our lives have changed for the better since having a chance to work in this practice, as we move to the community.
I want to thank you for being a part of a wonderful community, and welcoming me into your community family.
