The modest side of me hesitates to tell this story, but I am just so dog gone proud of him, I have to tell you.
Yesterday is the first day of track practice. After months of little or no exercise, Scott and his buddies are running wind sprints. Even their 17 year old bodies are exhausted. Scott and a friend get in their cars to come over to our house. It is about 4:45 pm. They are driving west on 40 highway. Over near the bus barn, Scott's friend hits a patch of gravel. One wheel drops off of the pavement. He over corrects. His car begins to slide sideways. Spinning across both lanes of traffic, the car hit a fence, a tree and a pole.
Scott slams on the brakes to avoid his friend's car. He pulls to a stop and runs to his friend. The front end of the car is totally crushed and a fire has started in the engine compartment. Scott yanks the door open. His friend is unconscious. He unlocks the seat belt and pulls him out. The friend is not wearing a shirt because they were so hot from running track. Now in the 10 degree weather, he comes to. Scott helps him away from the car and puts his jacket on his friend.
Other drivers stop and cover the very cold boy up with blankets. Scott goes back to the car and gets his friend's personal things out of the vehicle. Police are coming, fire equipment is coming, the car is burning, 40 highway is shut down.
The ambulance takes the friend to Centerpoint. Scott gives his statement to the police and calls his family. We meet him up at the hospital.
Our prayers were answered. The boy is not going to stay overnight. Just a concussion. No tickets were issued. It was just an accident.
Mom and Daddy Brinkman are so proud of Scott. I think we will have a little different feel when we look at him for a while. I know his friend will.
It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.
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Events like this remind us not only of how precious and fragile life is, but how great God is. Imagine if Scott had come home rather than follow his friend. Praise God that all that the only harm done was to a car.
There is a man in Greenwood. His name is John Hotz who owns a company called Driver's Basic Training. He is a retired Army Officer. His son is a state patrol. They started the company together. The cost is only $25 more than taking Driver's Ed through LS school district (I think around $350), and the kids get so much more. It involves two Sat morning group class sessions and four 1 1/2 hour private driving sessions with him. He comes to your home and picks up the kids (must have a driver's permit or license). He comes into your home before and then again when they return and speaks with the parents about what the kids need to practice. He takes them out and has them drop two tires off the side of the road and then talks them through the correct way to NOT overcorrect. He teaches them to change a tire along with almost anything else you can think of or request. He is a kind, gentle man but very commanding. My kids have both gone through the program (one prior to driving, the other after she had wrecked twice). I cannot reccomend him highly enough. John Hotz 816.537.0056.
Scott did some quick thinking. I'm sure he is very proud of himself as well. He's a hero just like the pilot from yesterday's plane landing in the Hudson River!
Wow...
What a hero Scott is. He really put his life on the line for his friend. No greater gift. Betty
Seems like about a month or two ago I emailed you that Scott had greatness in him....wonder where he gets it?
What a story. What a great young man.
What a dad.
I TOLD you he was mature.
Thanks for the info. Kim. I'm really glad to know that there is something out there like that. I have a 15 year old nephew that just got his permit before Christmas and I worry about him so much. He's an awesome kid--but, he is a kid. I would love for him to go through the program you described. We had that kind of thing in high school 40 years ago. Too bad that money and liability concerns have caused the schools to drop it. I have three adult daughters. Each one of them totalled their first car--one of them was similar to what happened to Scott's friend. And then there were the "fender benders". McDonald's Auto Body was able to increase their space back in the 90's thanks to our family (Mom messed up once too). ; )
Wow! Tell Scott that his former CTC assistant principal is proud of his efforts. Sorry it has taken me so long to respond. Glad to hear the boy in the wreck is okay.
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