Snow is great and fun, and everyone loves making snowmen, playing outside in the thick snow, or just being at home and simply looking at it while sipping hot chocolate.
But when you’re driving amid a blizzard and find yourself trapped in your car having no idea where you are, then it’s certainly not fun at all. And nobody wants to find themselves in a situation like that.
Saskatchewan woman, Shannon St Onge, who works at the university, was convinced she could go to the university and back home even before the blizzard started.
“Expected start time was at around 7pm. So at 3pm when the call came, I rushed into the city, to the University to sign a cheque for a student who was in need and was receiving an emergency bursary,” she wrote in a Facebook post.
If she had just done that, she might have returned home on time, but something popped up and she had to get just a little out of her way.
A colleague forgot his laptop, so she offered to drop it off on her way home. This little detour, along with the fact that the blizzard was not expected to start until later on, made her live the most stressful hours in her life.
As she was returning home, the blizzard hit, and everything was gradually covered in snow and sand, so she couldn’t go forward.
“I found myself driving with my head out of the drivers window, watching the edge of the gravel as my guide, while I crawled forward at 15km/hr, not actually looking forward at the road ahead,” she wrote in the post.
Eventually, she had to stop. She was lucky to have grabbed pizza for her kids, who were home alone, and to have a full tank, so at least she had something to eat and she could keep herself warm for some time.
When she decided to call 911, the dispatcher suggested she wait until the blizzard stopped. But she had already started panicking.
“Would the gas tank last until morning? What if I was hit by another vehicle? What if I fell asleep and the tailpipe was blocked? What if I didn’t make it home at all? ” she wondered.
When a truck drove past her, she thought she was lucky and started following it, but she ended up in the middle of nowhere, parked by a stranger’s farm, unable to make it back to town.
She then figured she could pin her location on Google maps and ask other community members if they knew who the farm belonged to.
Indeed, someone knew the family and called them right away.
Soon, an 80-year-old man made it to Onge’s car and guided her to his home, where his 70-year-old wife was waiting for her with a hot pot of coffee and dry clothes.
Then, the man identified as Andre Bouvier Sr. went back outside to guide to his home several more drivers who had by then parked by his farm, too.
The next day, everyone returned home safely, but they will never forget the kindness and generosity of this elderly man, who selflessly rescued all of them.
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