Day: May 14, 2018

Man’s 440-Mile Secret Found After What Terrified Drivers See On Rural Road

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Nobody noticed what Bill Brazier was up to as he made his way from Mississippi to Texas until drivers along a desolate stretch of his path saw something that didn’t seem right. Two police officers were called out to the scene, stopping Bill en route, but they were sickened when they discovered what happened along that 440-mile route.

Sgt. Laura Potts of the Shreveport Police Department responded to an individual’s frantic call when they saw what the 70-year-old was doing in the dark. Having little to go on, Potts had no clue what she was about to get into when she arrived but acted fast as soon as she found out where he had come from.

Bill was reportedly hitchhiking, which apparently made several motorists feel nervous, especially since the elderly man was barely able to stand. As he slowly wobbled along the road with his head hanging down, there was something distinctly different about this homeless man. Potts stopped him and asked where he was going when he opened up with a shocking admission that left her heartbroken.

According to ArkLaTex, Bill explained that he was just trying to get home to Fort Worth, Texas after working in Jackson, Mississippi. His only option was to walk the 440 miles. Along the way, he was robbed by a pack of thugs who took all of his money and left him injured on top of the ailments he was also struggling with. All he had left was the will to get home, even if it required that he walk what’s typically a 6-hour drive.

Hearing his harrowing story, Potts couldn’t let this man continue down this road since he still had almost the entire distance to go. To make his trek easier, she decided to get a bus ticket for Bill but didn’t stop there. “I put out an all call for the troops and out of the goodness of our hearts everybody ponied up and we got him a bus ticket and some extra money for food and water so we know he will be safe when he gets back home” the Sgt. explained.

For Potts, knowing that this forgotten man, who is someone’s son, brother, father, and possibly grandfather, is safe and comfortable and that she won’t have to respond to an accident with him as the victim, made it worth every penny. Rather than citing him for being a public nuisance or leaving him to figure out his own circumstances, she genuinely showed how much she cared by being a solution.

Cops Shocked At What They Find Hidden In Plain Sight At Fatal Bike Crash

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A biker was riding down a rural road in Shreveport, Louisiana with his girlfriend on the back of his motorcycle when he lost control of the ride, sending both of them flying off. When first responders arrived, they found one person dead and the other fighting for life, but no one could believe what was hiding in plain sight.

The only thing John Newhart Jr. loved more than motorcycles was the woman he asked to be his wife just a couple of weeks before the two of them were involved in the fatal accident. John was riding with his new fiancée, Kimberly West, on the back when the motorcycle rolled. Both initially survived the wreck, but John was found dead by the time the police got there because of one thing he decided to do after tragedy struck.

According to KSLA, Kimberly fell off the bike first and was laying on the pavement when John ran away from the wreckage and out on the road to get her. As he was standing by her body, preparing to get her to safety, he looked up in horror. Another car came barreling down the road, headed right for the couple when without hesitation John grabbed Kimberly and threw her out of the way to take the impact for her and save her life.

“He tossed her out of the way, and he got hit point blank,” John’s friend “Pyro” said. The hero was killed on impact. When the police arrived at the scene, they were shocked to see what he had done, having survived the crash but died so that someone else could live. His final act on earth was saving the woman who others said was the love of his life, which he proved with this incredibly selfless thing he did on that fateful day.

“He went out a hero, he sacrificed himself to save the love of his life,” Pyro said, still in shock with the rest of John’s loved ones, including his 22-year-old son who said his dad was his best friend. “That was my best friend, he wasn’t just my dad, he was my best friend. I didn’t think I’d lose him at 22,” said Newhart’s son, John Newhart.
Kimberly suffered severe injuries and was treated in the ICU, but she is alive because this man loved her more than anything else in this world. “It just speaks volumes for the love story they had,” Brandon Bridges said, who is another friend of John and Kimberly. “The world needs to know he died saving the woman he loved.“

While so many people are quick to judge the type of person a biker is, based on their outward appearance, John Newhart Jr. proved his character and heart are far more impressive than most. He represents many motorcycle riders who would do the same thing that he did with their dying breath because nothing comes before their loved ones. He leaves an incredible legacy of love for his son who was raised by a real man.