What would you give back to someone who saved your life?
When people give or do something for us, we give back by reciprocating the act.
If somebody gives us a gift, we buy them the same thing or of equal value.
And if they do an act of service, we try to do the same for them.
But there’s no way we can reciprocate an act that saved our lives.
We feel we are forever indebted to that person or group of people because you can never put a price tag on a life saved.
The best thing we could do is to give them our sincerest gratitude and hope we can pay it forward to others.
For this grandma in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, all she wanted was to hug her “angel.”
Carla Long was driving along Route 82 in Coatesville when she hit an icy patch on the road.
Her dashboard camera showed how her car flew toward the side of the road.
The area was filled with fallen leaves, and traffic wasn’t heavy.
Carla was hurt, and her car flipped over, so she couldn’t get out.
She couldn’t move and reach for her phone either.
The most logical thing she could do to call for help was to keep honking her horn until a car stopped by.
It took her quite a while until her “guardian angel” came along.
A man stopped, pulled over, and went down to check on Carla.
Her car’s Dashcam video captured this man’s heroics – talking and staying with her until help came.
She had no idea who this man was, but she was already very thankful for stopping by when no other cars did.
Carla said it was his voice that reassured her she would be fine.
But the predicament didn’t end there as another car slipped into that same spot where Carla did.
A pick-up truck slammed towards her car, and the man almost got hurt but was able to jump out before something worse happened to him.
You can also hear in Carla’s Dashcam video how he also checked on the other driver.
Emergency rescuers came to help, and the man left the scene.
Carla wasn’t able to thank him or get the man’s name.
When she recovered, she made it her mission to find the man to thank him personally for saving her.
She can’t think of anything to show her gratitude except for one thing.
She wanted to hug and thank him personally.
Thanks to the news report on the accident, a friend of his son found the video and told his son about it.
So, they set up a quick visit so Carla could thank the man.
His name was Robert Williams, a truck driver from Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania.
Carla finally thanked him personally and gave him that hug she longed to give the man who saved her life.
She also brought a stuffed toy to put under their tree. Robert’s wife and children witnessed this, and they couldn’t be prouder of him.
Watch the heartwarming moment when Carla finally met her “guardian angel” and thanked him.
