Arranged by God
Recently, my wife Terri and I were driving on a
rural Florida forest road exploring, miles from civilization, enjoying the
views of nature. Suddenly we came up behind
a group of five motorcycles. Being bikers
ourselves, we decided not to pass the group
and followed them at a safe distance. While going around a curve, the last biker
in the group drifted off the road into the grass, and the bike immediately flipped over 2 or 3 times. I braked fast,
pulled off the road, and ran over to the crashed bike. However, I could not
find the rider. Looking around, I saw the
motorcyclist - unconscious, face up in
the shallow water of the roadway drainage creek. Without any hesitation, I went
through knee-deep water to reach the man. and held his head above the water. The
other motorcyclists did not see the crash and continued riding away. We knew it was going to be up to us help the
man. Terri called 911 to let them
know we needed help – out here in the
middle of nowhere! Luckily, the
dispatchers knew precisely
where we were by the cell phone’s GPS. I said a quick prayer that this man
would be all right.
While
waiting, we decided not to move the rider out of the water fearing possible neck
injury. Slowly Bill started to come back into a semi-conscious
state of awareness. He was having a difficult
time breathing as he tried to sit up. We helped him out of the water onto the
bank of the creek and laid him back down. The Fire Rescue and a Deputy Sheriff
officer arrived after about 15-20 minutes
and took over his emergency care. About
the same time, the other bikers returned to find their friend.
Amazingly,
out of the ten people at the scene, including
the Deputy Sheriff, we discovered not
a single person had cell phone
service! How was Terri able to make the emergency call to 911?! How incredibly remarkable!! God had us there for a reason.
Terri and
I came away from this experience, once again realizing that God guides us,
protects us, and uses us.
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