(11 Alive) – It’s been years since Cobb County firefighters saw Dan Davis – and it wasn’t under the best conditions.

In 2014, Davis was involved in an accident between a car and a motorcycle on Dallas Highway. He was on the motorcycle. He survived, but never got the chance to thank the men and women who made it possible.

“I want to show them that what they do counts,” Davis said. “They save lives, they contribute to us continuing on with our lives

It would be years before their paths would cross again – but they did. Davis is a member of the Georgia National Guard and was assisting with Hurricane Michael relief efforts. He met a firefighter, Michelle Ice, from Cobb County and asked her what station she was from.

“We were working really hard down at Hurricane Michael down in south Georgia – just recovery stuff,” she said.

It couldn’t hurt to ask, right?

“I want to show them that what they do counts,” Davis said. “They save lives, they contribute to us continuing on with our lives

It would be years before their paths would cross again – but they did. Davis is a member of the Georgia National Guard and was assisting with Hurricane Michael relief efforts. He met a firefighter, Michelle Ice, from Cobb County and asked her what station she was from.

“We were working really hard down at Hurricane Michael down in south Georgia – just recovery stuff,” she said.

It couldn’t hurt to ask, right?

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