{"id":13884,"date":"2016-04-11T15:03:13","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T15:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=13884"},"modified":"2016-04-11T15:03:13","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T15:03:13","slug":"savannah-police-officer-brings-food-water-to-man-in-distress-by-the-side-of-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=13884","title":{"rendered":"Savannah police officer brings food, water to man in distress by the side of the road"},"content":{"rendered":"

Read the full report HERE\u203a\u203a<\/a><\/p>\n

Philip Soukup of Savannah, Georgia, was out running errands on March 29 when he noticed a man on the side of the road who appeared to be having difficulty moving. About an hour later, Soukup drove by the area again and noticed the same man sitting on the sidewalk, but this time there was a police car nearby with its lights on.<\/p>\n

What Soukup, 33, saw next warmed his heart. He witnessed Cpl. Brandon Lord of the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department walk out of a nearby convenience store to give the man a bottle of water and a pepperoni-and-sausage pizza. The officer opened the water for the man and sat down to talk with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had received a call of a middle-aged man walking down the middle of the road near Montgomery Crossroads and Waters Ave,\u201d Lord told TODAY. The 31-year-old, who has worked as a police officer for 10 years, recalled approaching the man, and immediately noticing he was in distress.<\/p>\n

\u201cI sat next to him in order to ease his discomfort,\u201d he said. \u201cHe was trying to catch a bus to get to Wal-Mart, but he was weak and every time he reached a bus stop, the bus had already left.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe told me he was hungry and had not anything to drink that day,\u201d Lord continued. \u201cI did not even really think about it. I went into the store and bought him water and food. We talked while he ate and when he was done I gave him a ride to Wal-Mart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lord described their conversation as \u201cmostly small talk,\u201d and he learned that the man liked to sing. \u201cI can\u2019t tell you what he sang, because it was R&B from the \u201990s,\u201d he said. Lord chuckled and added, \u201cI am a new school music guy, but he was definitely old school, but he loved sharing it with me and enjoyed listening.\u201d<\/p>\n

This wasn\u2019t the first time that Lord has stepped in to assist people in need.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have helped others with rides, and when I see someone hungry, I have given them food that I may have just purchased and not touched because they need it more than I do,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"