When confronted by dangerous situations, the first impulse of many is to “get out of the way.” But with some, there is an automatic desire to “help.”
Joe Palmer and Hudson Smith were local “Good Samaritans” last week when they saw a wrecked Jeep on fire off Interstate 75 near Collegedale — with unconscious and injured Clint Defur lying underneath the vehicle.
When Mr. Smith and Mr. Palmer realized it would be dangerous to move the injured Mr. Defur, they took swift action to move the Jeep. They obviously did “the right thing.” Tri-Community Fire Department emergency aide Kayla Morrison and Southeast Ambulance emergency staffer Clifford Graham provided first aid.
Thus Good Samaritans kept a very bad situation from being much worse.