Now he can add "hero" to his resume

Last week Chris and Rob made a delivery for Chris's work. Rob was driving a small flatbed truck, the "bullet" and as they were driving down the freeway behind a locksmith van, Chris noticed that the van swerved off to the right of the road. Chris thought that he had to scrape the side of his van or something, he was that far over from the lanes of the freeway. Chris warned Rob to watch out for the guy. Eventually, the van made his way to the far left lane and the bullet was in the lane to the right of him but back a little ways. Rob was making sure to keep his distance.

Suddenly, the van swerved again, but to the left this time, towards the median of the freeway. The front driver corner of the van smashed into the metal barrier, next to an opening in the medial for cops to turn around. Once the van crashed into the barrier, the rear end of the van turned out into Rob's lane and began to roll across the lanes. Rob was quick to act and immediately slowed down and started changing lanes to right side of the freeway as well. You can see in the pictures below where the van finally stopped and how close the bullet ended up. Chris said that the entire accident was in slow motion and at one point, he saw the driver of the van actually hanging out of his window as the van was rolling over. If it had rolled one more time, the man would've been crushed. Both Chris and Rob got out of the bullet and went over to the man to see if he was okay. They checked oncoming traffic and notice a semi truck was coming towards them in their lane. Rob busted open the locked driver side door and him and Chris got the guy out of the van and off to the side of the road. Luckily, the semi was able to stop in time and Chris and Rob were able to use cones to block off the accident and stop the rest of the traffic. Within a few minutes the ambulance and a fire marshall that happened to be driving by were there to take control of the scene.

Needless to say, that guy sure is lucky to be alive. Apparantly, he dropped his cell phone and took his seat belt off to bend down and grab it. That doesn't explain the swerving he did earlier, and it doesn't explain the accident this guy had last year where he "dropped his phone" again and crashed head on into a tree. While working for the same company. Let's hope he gets his driving priveleges taken away and if anyone sees a locksmith van driving down the road, be wary!

But my man is officially a hero! What if the semi didn't stop in time and ran into the van with the stupid guy in it still?! Chris and Rob never got a thank you, but they got a "you guys did a good job" from one official (I don't remember who). Well, here is my thank you to the bravest guy I know: Thank you for being such a caring and wonderful person who thinks of others before he thinks of himself. You're a good man with a big heart and good intentions and you make the world a better place.

Now, I only wish I had seen the news footage of my husband flexing his muscles and doing dorky poses behind the news reporter from Channel 2 news.


The median the van crashed into:


You can kind of see the distance he rolled:


Here's how the van stopped and you can see how close the bullet is: