She’s on cell phone, car’s on fire
Wha?
Sitting in her car after it broke down on the Eisenhower Expy., Roosevelt University student Khushboo Jani was oblivious to the flames licking the lower part of her car.
Snowplow driver Demetrius Duplessis knew what a Roosevelt University student did not — that her broken-down car was ablaze.
“She didn’t even know,” Duplessis, 44, a highway maintenance snowplow driver, said. “She was talking to her dad. She looked up at me, and before she could lock the door, I grabbed her.”
Is this an example of how far from reality you can get on a cell phone?
After he pulled her out, she still didn’t grasp the severity of the situation. “She tried to go back and grab her books,” said Duplessis. “I had to go back and grab her again. She was like in a state of shock.”
She was thinking only of her test, Jani said. “He was like, ‘Forget your test. Your car is on fire.’
Generally, there are only two reactions when people see an imminent disaster: [1] I’d better get out of here - or [2] they dash in to help.
Kudos to Demetrius Duplessis for the latter.
Posted: Mon - December 17, 2007 at 10:59 AM