{"id":14873,"date":"2017-02-27T18:57:37","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T18:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=14873"},"modified":"2017-02-27T19:00:13","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T19:00:13","slug":"video-an-off-duty-police-officer-helps-stranded-motorist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=14873","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: AN OFF-DUTY POLICE OFFICER HELPS STRANDED MOTORIST"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI had a blowout on the by-pass and I didn\u2019t want to stop on the side of the road,\u201d he recalled. \u201cIt was pretty dark out, so I just went on down to Love\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once he pulled over, Baldwin noticed one his rear tires was completely shredded and knew he could no longer drive on it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI walked into the store I was trying to find someone to help me out because my jack wouldn\u2019t come from under my car,\u201d said Baldwin. \u201cI couldn\u2019t get it out of there because it was rusted in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Baldwin would find that help in the form of a Columbus police officer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was on break at Love\u2019s truck stop trying to get something to eat here once in a while, and a cashier came to me and said a customer\u2019s tire was flat outside and needs someone to change it for him,\u201d said Columbus police officer Roman Sones.<\/p>\n

Officer Sones was off duty at the time but said he couldn\u2019t pass on the chance to lend a helping hand to someone who was in need.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went outside, I had a tire jack in the back of my car, jacked his car up, swapped the tire out, and I was explaining to him you can\u2019t drive on a donut for very long and that he needed to get it replaced,\u201d the officer recalled.<\/p>\n

But Baldwin didn\u2019t have the money to buy a new tire, so that\u2019s when the police officer stepped in and offered another kind gesture.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said he didn\u2019t have the money to buy a new tire, so I gave him a hundred bucks and told him to go purchase a new one whenever he could,\u201d the police officer said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was shocked,\u201d Baldwin explained. \u201cI was like, man you don\u2019t really have to do this man.\u201d<\/p>\n

That very next morning Baldwin went and bought himself a brand new tire.<\/p>\n

This simple act of kindness helped two complete strangers become friends. \u00a0It also proves that sometimes a gesture that seems small to one person means everything to another.<\/p>\n