Dear Editor,
My wife and I left the island on Monday, January 20, 2014 intending to spend several days in Ft Wayne and Huntington, Indiana. However, due to the cold, and the promise of it getting worse, we decided to ask Delta to take us home on Sunday the 26th January.
We arrived from Miami at 9:30 pm. We proceeded from the airport towards Mandeville. After exiting the Mandela Highway I intended to take the toll road home. However, I miscalculated the turn to the toll road and ended up in the grass landing in a ditch.
"Mi neva know seh Jamaicans were so kind." Just as we landed in the ditch -- it was raining and it was after 10:00 pm -- two soldiers stopped to give us assistance. My wife and I were shaken but not hurt. They helped me to get out of the car and they also helped my wife, taking her through the driver's side.
Then there were a number of 'civilians' who also stopped to give a helping hand. The police were called from Ferry Police Station and soon a truck driver hitched a connection to my vehicle and helped to pull it from the hole. The two officers from the Ferry Police Station stayed with us during the process.
We are thankful that we were able to drive home safely. We did not get home until 1:30 am. However we are glad to be alive.
One man remarked that, despite the bad behaviour of many Jamaicans, he was reminded that there are still a few Jamaicans who show kindness. Not every Jamaican is bad. Thank God. He was there too.
Rev Dr Owen Gordon
President of Regent College of the Caribbean
(Formerly Jamaica Bible College)
Oweng1949@gmail.com
Some Jamaican kindness
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My wife and I left the island on Monday, January 20, 2014 intending to spend several days in Ft Wayne and Huntington, Indiana. However, due to the cold, and the promise of it getting worse, we decided to ask Delta to take us home on Sunday the 26th January.
We arrived from Miami at 9:30 pm. We proceeded from the airport towards Mandeville. After exiting the Mandela Highway I intended to take the toll road home. However, I miscalculated the turn to the toll road and ended up in the grass landing in a ditch.
"Mi neva know seh Jamaicans were so kind." Just as we landed in the ditch -- it was raining and it was after 10:00 pm -- two soldiers stopped to give us assistance. My wife and I were shaken but not hurt. They helped me to get out of the car and they also helped my wife, taking her through the driver's side.
Then there were a number of 'civilians' who also stopped to give a helping hand. The police were called from Ferry Police Station and soon a truck driver hitched a connection to my vehicle and helped to pull it from the hole. The two officers from the Ferry Police Station stayed with us during the process.
We are thankful that we were able to drive home safely. We did not get home until 1:30 am. However we are glad to be alive.
One man remarked that, despite the bad behaviour of many Jamaicans, he was reminded that there are still a few Jamaicans who show kindness. Not every Jamaican is bad. Thank God. He was there too.
Rev Dr Owen Gordon
President of Regent College of the Caribbean
(Formerly Jamaica Bible College)
Oweng1949@gmail.com
Some Jamaican kindness
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