A Florida woman put the "good" into Good
Samaritan when she helped save the child of a woman who had sped around
her car minutes before, giving her "the finger" as she went by.
Kristyn
Dominy, 22, was driving home from her grandmother's house on Monday
with her 5-month-old daughter when a car approached from behind.
"As
I was going home, an older jeep came up behind me pretty fast and got
right behind me," Dominy told ABCNews.com. "Then, they went around me
and passed me on a double line. And as she was passing me, she gave me 'the finger'."
"I noticed there was a
child in the car and thought, 'Oh my gosh, I can't believe she's
driving like this with a child in the back seat,'" she said.
The
jeep sped up behind a truck pulling a boat and weaved in and out of the
opposite lane, looking for an opportunity to pass the truck.
"Finally,
she went around the truck, but when she sped up, I saw a bunch of black
smoke come out and I remember thinking it was an awful lot of smoke to
be the exhaust," Dominy said. "I thought, 'That car looks like it's
about to blow up.'"
"Thirty seconds later, we came around the curve and her car was on the side of the road up in flames," she said.
Dominy saw the woman was struggling to get her little girl out of her car, but that the 5-year-old was stuck in the seatbelt.
"I
pulled over as fast as I could," Dominy said. "The back of the mom's
hair was on fire and her clothes were on fire a little bit, but I don't
think she realized it because she was freaking out so much."
When
Dominy and the woman were able to get the child out of the car, the
little girl's clothes were on fire so Dominy said she had her get on the
ground and roll around to put the flames out.
They
were rushed to the hospital, and Dominy has not heard from them since. A
paramedic told her that the mother was released from the hospital on
Tuesday and that the little girl remained hospitalized in serious
condition. (1)
Do you think Kristyn Dominy will stop to help the next rude driver she encounters?
Maybe there was a good reason the driver in this story was in such a hurry. Maybe something had put her in a foul mood. Maybe she didn't thank Kristyn because she was too ashamed of her own behavior. Maybe she didn't even realize the woman who helped her had been the target of her abusive conduct. But she received undeserved grace and failed to express her gratitude.
Why do we fail at times to thank God for the help He gives us so often when we need it but don't deserve it?
We finish our series on worship this Sunday (9:50 a.m.) with a focus on thanks to God. Our scripture passage is Psalm 107. We have dozens of reasons to worship God with thanksgiving and praise, and we should gladly and frequently do so.
So join us Sunday morning. I may not be serving turkey and dressing, but you will see why Thanksgiving isn't just one day in November.
Finish Friday strong. Enjoy Saturday with your family. See you Sunday!
Loyally yours,
Darren Bayne
“The glory of friendship is not in the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is in the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1) Christina Ng, "Good Samaritan Helps Driver Who Flipped Her Off Moments Earlier," ABC News (online), 9 March 2012 (accessed 12 March 2012).
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