The day was Monday, Oct. 28. I had just dropped off my car for tire service at the Four Corners Les Schwab. It was beautiful and sunny day so I decided to spend my wait time going for a walk. The route I chose took me on the east side of the Safeway shopping center. As I was walking west on Kent-Kangley Road, back toward Highway 169, my toe caught on a rise in the sidewalk and I stumbled for several feet before finally hitting the concrete.

The first points of contact were my face and my left hand. I broke my glasses and as I found out later my nose. There was a lot of blood on my face, my hand and the ground. I was able to sit up and call my wife, Linda, on my cell phone.

People coming from the Safeway parking lot shouted offers to call 911 but I told them that help was on the way.

I looked around me at the three people who had stopped their cars to help.

One gentleman brought me cloth towels to stop the bleeding on my head and hand.

A lady brought paper napkins to wipe the blood from my face and eyes. She then spotted a MultiCare Medical Clinic in the Town Square Shopping Center on the north side of Kent-Kangley. She held my arm and guided me across the street to get medical attention.

A second gentleman stopped traffic so that we could cross safely. I thanked her again and again as we walked and she said something like “this is what people do to help others.”

When Linda and I left the medical clinic and headed to the emergency room in Covington, all the people that had helped me were gone. I don’t know their names and I probably wouldn’t recognize them if I saw them again BUT I will never forget their kindness and their assistance in a time of need.

There are Good Samaritans in our community. God Bless them all.

Jerry Lawson

Maple Valley