CFI driver Zach Yeakley “wasn’t really expecting anything out of it” when he was recognized for helping pull six crash victims from fiery cars.
Trucker Grant Quinton was “choked up” after being recognized for pulling a man and his grandson from their flipped vehicle.
A trucker is “lucky to be alive” after a tornado flipped his tractor-trailer, a fellow driver who helped him says.
Susan Binsted says trucker Karl Sholl “restored faith in our hearts” after he helped her and her husband stay safe after an accident.
Trucker Jean-Carlo Gachet was recognized for feeding stranded drivers after a snowstorm led to a long-term road closure. Matthew Marchand was recognized for helping during the same storm.
“He would do anything for anybody,” said the widow of a truck driver who was killed while trying to help accident victims.
“She was in shock, in disbelief,” truck driver Trinidad Arebalo said about a woman he helped save from her burning car.
“I don’t see myself as a hero,” truck driver Bruno Filipe Da Costa Raposo said about helping a traffic accident victim.
“It all happened so fast that I didn’t even catch their names,” said trucker Nick Still.
Trucker Morgan Kirkland after narrowly avoiding a head-on collision: “My worst fear almost came true, that I would die in this truck.”
Joseph Brown on helping fellow trucker: “He was standing there wet. I offered to have him come and sit in my truck.”
Truck driver David Hill recalls helping an accident victim on an icy winter day: “She was scared pretty good and screaming for help.”
“It was so hot in there,” trucker Harvell Martin recalls of pulling crash victim from fiery wreck after she spun out on rainy interstate.
“Helping people out when they’re in trouble is more important than getting a load in on time.”
“I believe that the speed you were going and how you maneuvered the truck saved my life.”
“They hit hard. The passenger was knocked unconscious.” ABF driver awarded for helping crash victims during snowstorm.
“I would hope that if it were my kids, that someone would stop and help them.”
Trucker pulls over in bad weather to help accident victims.
Trucker steers cars clear of accident victim ejected onto a road
“We are the knights of the highway and it’s our duty to make sure everyone is safe.” Drivers praised for helping others while on the job.
Two truck drivers recently honored for helping people during harsh winter storms.
