A helping hand

When you see someone that needs help do you help? Or do you tell yourself someone else will help them?

Boarding the amazing foot and a half of powder up at Beaver Mountain Ski Resort; the day just kept getting better and better. After slicing through perfectly placed powder all day, Trevor, Kevin and I had to call it quits; the resort wouldn't allow us to stay any longer. So we packed up our gear into the Toyota Corolla. Stuck in our parking spot do to the combination of slick tires and the ice underneath those tires, we had to push the car out of the parking spot. The snow had stopped and the clouds disappeared revealing the perfect blue sky.

Cruising down the mountain at normal speeds (for a teenager), we see another car that lost control and hit a snowbank on the side of the road. Seeing that everyone is okay we slowly drive past them in relief that it didn't happen to us.

The snow plows had only gotten the side of the road that led up the canyon, not down.

Everyone in the car was really tired and exhausted from the great day we had. Kevin was sleeping in the front seat while Trevor was driving and i was relaxing in the back by myself when i realized the car was sliding. I opened my eyes quickly, just in time to see that we were about to hit a post off the side of the road and slide off the road if that didn't stop the car. Adrenaline and horror filled my body. I tensed up and froze not willingly closing my eyes. Whamm.. we hit the post but we were still moving, i opened my eyes just a crack to see white snow cover everything in a split second. The car had been buried. Looking to see if everyone is okay, all i could see was expressions of disbelief on my friends faces.

Rolling down the windows was the only way out! As we crawled out of the car windows we see a car has stopped that saw the accident. We hear the sound of another car up ahead on the road. Just by hearing the sound of the high RPM's of the car we knew it was going way to fast for the corner. It swurved out of the way to miss the car that has stopped to help us. In trying to do so, the car spins out of control. Luckily staying on the road.

A couple trucks and cars stopped to make sure everything was okay and to see if there was anything they could do. The car being so deep in snow there was no way we could get it out. Someone there offered us a ride down the canyon to then call a tow truck.

The reason i tell this story is to first off give thanks to the few that stopped to help us in time of need but second to stir your mind and hearts. Would you have stopped and helped us? We all need to reevaluate our willingness to help, in doing so the world will become a better place.

Put yourself in others shoes, would you want the help?

Brandon Child