One woman called an ambulance, another offered me cold water, then two guys I’d never seen before carried my husband’s stuff to the car and offered me a lift to hospital
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I had just put something in the oven when the phone rang. It was my husband, who hesitated for a moment before he said: “I’ve just been stung by a stingray. Can you come down to the beach?”
He’d taken the car to drive down for a swim, so I was going to have to walk. It was a hot January day and would have taken me about 15 minutes on foot, so when I passed a house a few doors down with two cars parked outside, I knocked on the front door. I’d never met them before, but I thought, the worst they can say is no. I told them what had happened and one of them drove me.
Continue reading… One woman called an ambulance, another offered me cold water, then two guys I’d never seen before carried my husband’s stuff to the car and offered me a lift to hospitalRead more in the kindness of strangers seriesI had just put something in the oven when the phone rang. It was my husband, who hesitated for a moment before he said: “I’ve just been stung by a stingray. Can you come down to the beach?”He’d taken the car to drive down for a swim, so I was going to have to walk. It was a hot January day and would have taken me about 15 minutes on foot, so when I passed a house a few doors down with two cars parked outside, I knocked on the front door. I’d never met them before, but I thought, the worst they can say is no. I told them what had happened and one of them drove me. Continue reading… Australian lifestyle, Life and style
