the African immigrant who saved my life

[Half Smoke]

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this is a true story which I've never before told to anyone

age 23 I was a wild kid - the opposite of what I am now

I was wandering around DC drunk and stoned (hashish) out of my mind - I had lost my car - I didn't know where it was

I somehow ended up in Rock Creek Park

I saw a cop car pulled off on the side on the grass that had its keys in it

I got into the cop car turned it on and started to drive it away - the driver's side door was still open

an African cab driver - very dark skin - Nigerian - (you got to know this kind of thing living near DC) stopped and told me to get into his cab

he asked me where I lived - I told him - and he drove me home

I didn't have any money to pay him - he didn't care about that

if I had driven away in that cop car the DC cops - known to be especially brutal - would have caught me and beaten the sh** out of me -

and I prolly would have gone to jail for a couple of years and I don't know if I could have recovered from that and had a decent life

I never got to tell the guy how grateful I was for what he did

and I don't know why he cared what happened to me


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[pandy]

There are good people out there. You were very fortunate.

[boxcar]

Originally Posted by Half Smoke

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this is a true story which I've never before told to anyone

age 23 I was a wild kid - the opposite of what I am now

I was wandering around DC drunk and stoned (hashish) out of my mind - I had lost my car - I didn't know where it was

I somehow ended up in Rock Creek Park

I saw a cop car pulled off on the side on the grass that had its keys in it

I got into the cop car turned it on and started to drive it away - the driver's side door was still open

an African cab driver - very dark skin - Nigerian - (you got to know this kind of thing living near DC) stopped and told me to get into his cab

he asked me where I lived - I told him - and he drove me home

I didn't have any money to pay him - he didn't care about that

if I had driven away in that cop car the DC cops - known to be especially brutal - would have caught me and beaten the sh** out of me -

and I prolly would have gone to jail for a couple of years and I don't know if I could have recovered from that and had a decent life

I never got to tell the guy how grateful I was for what he did

and I don't know why he cared what happened to me


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Perhaps that immigrant was one of God's angels sent by Him to save you from yourself.

I would suggest watching the movie "The Cokeville Miracle" (now on Amazon Prime) which is based on a true story.