Michael Andersen: Young veteran saw our flat and fixed it for, just because
My wife and I were going to a doctor’s appointment from Turlock to Modesto on 99 when we struck something on the freeway causing our tire to explode.
I was able to exit at Hatch and was calling AAA when there was a tap on my window and a young man asked if he wanted me to change my tire. I asked him how much and he said “Nothing.”
We are both senior citizens and I am handicapped and unable to fix it. He fixed it and I offered him $20 and twice he refused. He had a Marine tattoo and I found out he had been in the Marines and I had been in the Army in Vietnam. He said he was proud to do it for a vet.
He works for a company called Fire Pros, but I didn’t get his name. We all hear the bad things, but there are wonderful people out there and this was one.
Michael Andersen, Turlock
This story was originally published July 13, 2017 at 6:20 PM with the headline "Michael Andersen: Young veteran saw our flat and fixed it for, just because."