Olivia Jones had only recently got her license. When she saw the person in the next car over having a seizure, she knew she had to act fast.
Jones was happily driving her first ever car, a 2003 Nissan Altima.
The car may have been old, but at least it had no dents. But that would soon change.
It was December 23rd. Jones stopped at a red light. She looked at the car in the next lane and noticed something odd.
“I thought she was texting, because she was looking down, straight down. And then she started seizing.” – Olivia Jones.
Jones could tell that the woman driving this car was having a seizure. If she didn’t do something fast, this woman could have died.
At first, Jones opened her car door, got out and informed the people in the cars behind her that the woman in the car next to her needed help.
Sadly, none of the other drivers appeared to be concerned.
They just wanted to get on with their day. They started honking.
Realizing that she was the only person who could be bothered to help the woman, Jones acted fast.
“So I pulled in front of her and let her roll into the back of my car.” – Olivia Jones.
Next, Jones got out of her car, put the woman’s car in park, removed her seatbelt and helped her out of the car.
Then Jones called 911 and requested an ambulance.
Soon, the ambulance arrived and rushed the woman to the hospital.
Jones’s car had sustained a pretty bad dent, but it was a small price to pay for helping someone out.
Later, Jones’s friends couldn’t believe what she had done to her car. They even called her dumb.
But Jones knew that it was the right thing to have done.
Jones aspires to become a doctor later in life.
As she is still in high school, this dream will take some time. But she clearly has what it takes to care for and look out for others.
Jones did not hear from the woman who had the seizure. Hopefully, she made a full recovery.
A news report of this story then appeared online. It soon went viral. To date, it has gained over 1.2 million views. It also has more than 38,000 likes and 2,100 comments. People have been saying things like this:
It’s lucky for the woman that Jones was around.
The reactions of the other drivers show that many people wouldn’t have done what she did. Likewise, her friends calling her dumb for prioritizing a person’s life over her property is crazy.
But then again, Jones is like many people stuck in high school who deserve better.
Soon, she’ll go to college and meet other like-minded, kind-hearted individuals. Then she’ll realize that there’s a reason why she’s succeeding, and her high school friends are stuck in her home town.
Hopefully, as the years go by, more people will think like Jones.
Sure, helping others can sometimes be inconvenient. But sometimes, people need to be helped out. In the grand scheme of things, that dent in Jones’s car has no importance. But Jones saving that woman’s life is incredibly important.
If you ever find yourself in Jones’s situation, be sure to do the same thing.
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