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Outpouring of roadside help
To the editor:
This past Saturday my van ?broke down? at the Mt. Pleasant exit on Highway 34. While I waited for AAA, an Iowa State Patrolman and six people stopped to offer help. Seven people, in less than one hour, were available for assistance. The people in Iowa are the kindest people I have ever met! Just wonderful!
My sincerest thanks go to: the Iowa State Patrol; Jake, the AAA driver; two young couples; a ...
Bob Gillander
Oct. 2, 2018 8:48 am
To the editor:
This past Saturday my van ?broke down? at the Mt. Pleasant exit on Highway 34. While I waited for AAA, an Iowa State Patrolman and six people stopped to offer help. Seven people, in less than one hour, were available for assistance. The people in Iowa are the kindest people I have ever met! Just wonderful!
My sincerest thanks go to: the Iowa State Patrol; Jake, the AAA driver; two young couples; a young truck driver from Fairfield; ?Sydney,? a Fairfield AAA guy on a run to Mt. Pleasant; and a ?good ol' boy? from Oklahoma (no kidding!).
Bob Griffin, my local mechanic extraordinaire, will do the repair work, and said I will be ?good to go? this weekend.
With all things considered, it is nice to know there are so many good people in our area, and in Iowa.
? Bob Gillander, Fairfield
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