Acts of Kindness
Woman notices coworker’s car start drifting into oncoming traffic & bands drivers together to save her
The two women had left work together when one of them noticed something wrong about her fellow coworker when her car began driving into oncoming traffic.
Ma Fatima Garcia
05.27.22

It was May 5, a busy day for everyone, but there wasn’t much traffic in the streets of Boynton Beach, Florida.

The street camera caught a vehicle slowly entering the intersection.

Even before anyone could figure out what was wrong, a lady stepped out of her car and ran towards the car that was drifting in the middle of the road.

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YouTube Screenshot / Inside Edition

The lady fearlessly ran towards the vehicle while signing to the other cars that there was something wrong.

She was able to reach the car and knocked on it several times. There was no response. The car was almost on the other side of the road, and in no time, it might crash into other vehicles.

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YouTube Screenshot / Inside Edition

Just then, in the opposite lane, one man got out of his car and helped. Then we see another man running towards the brave woman, and then another.
Other cars just shifted to avoid a collision but didn’t bother helping.

Soon, there were six good Samaritans who were trying to call out the woman inside the car.

The video that was released by the authorities showed the brave heroes who helped the woman inside her drifting vehicle.

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YouTube Screenshot / Inside Edition

The first woman who got out of her car turned out to be a friend and co-worker of the driver.

She was alert and saw that her friend slumped behind the steering wheel.

“As her car slowly entered the intersection at Congress Avenue, her co-worker raced across the street waving her arms to get the attention of other motorists,” said Boynton Beach Police Department.

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YouTube Screenshot / Inside Edition

The brave co-worker was alert and brave.

The good Samaritans tried to open the door, but it was locked. The woman with the green shirt took a dumbbell from her car and gave it to one man.
He used it to break the window and open the door.

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YouTube Screenshot / Inside Edition

“Another man then climbed through the window to unlock the passenger’s side door,” police told ABC News. “The car was then put in park and the good Samaritans pushed it to a nearby 7-Eleven parking lot where a nurse who was on the phone with 911 provided medical attention until the fire department arrives.”

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After the emergency, the authorities found out that the driver didn’t even know she left the office. She took her medication on an empty stomach and felt dizzy. She tried to pull over but experienced a convulsion before stopping her car.

They took 63-year-old Laurie Rabyor to the hospital, where she awoke a day after.

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YouTube Screenshot / Inside Edition

She couldn’t believe what had happened!

In an interview with Inside Edition, Rabyor was with her “hero,” Jannette Rivera, her friend, and co-worker.

U.S. Army staff sergeant Juan Chavez also came to help.

Rabyor wanted to meet her other heroes, and with the help of the Boynton Beach Police Department, they posted a Twitter to help identify the other good Samaritans.

In just a few hours, they got the names, and last May 14, they all got to meet each other.

Rabyor thanked each one of them.

Watch the full interview below, and don’t forget to share it with your friends and family!

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