‘I wish I was a millionaire, so I could buy y’all a boat’: Mom thanks Good Samaritans who saved her life and stopped her runaway car after she PASSED OUT at the wheel
- Laurie Rabyor, 63, passed out at junction of Woolbright Rd and Congress Ave
- An heroic team of motorists worked together to bring the car under control
- ‘I wish I was a millionaire, so I could buy y’all a boat,’ Laurie said of her heroes
- Boynton Beach Police Department plan to honor the good Samaritans
- Are you one of the Good Samaritans? Contact: [email protected]
A group of good Samaritans sprang out of their cars at a busy West Palm Beach intersection to save the life of a mother who had passed out at the wheel and was coasting into traffic.
Laurie Rabyor, 63, lost consciousness at the wheel of her car at the intersection on Woolbright Road and Congress Avenue around midday on May 5.
An heroic team of motorists worked together to bring the car under control in the teeth of heavy traffic and avert a disaster.
‘Thank you so much. I don’t know how to thank you,’ Laurie Rabyor told CBS12 News yesterday. She said they saved her life. ‘I wish I was a millionaire, so I could buy y’all a boat.’
In video released by Boynton Beach Police Department, a women identified as a co-worker of Laurie’s is seen abandoning her car to bravely run out into the intersection as Laurie’s car drifted into harm’s way.
A group of good Samaritans sprang out of their cars at a busy West Palm Beach intersection on Woolbright Road and Congress Avenue to save the life of a mother who had passed out at the wheel and was coasting into traffic
Laurie Rabyor, 63, lost consciousness at the wheel of her car at the intersection around midday on May 5
In video released by Boynton Beach Police Department, a women identified as a co-worker of Laurie’s is seen abandoning her car to bravely run out into the intersection as Laurie’s car drifted into harm’s way
She tries to open the door of the moving car while signaling to other drivers of the emergency taking place
As the car drifts across the intersection all the way to the other side, more drivers get out of their car to step up and try to rescue the situation, including one in US army fatigues who ran all the way across the notoriously busy junction
The combined strength of six people brings the car to a halt and a woman hands a dumbbell she fetched from her car to a man who uses it to break one of the rear windows
She tries to open the door of the moving car while signaling to other drivers of the emergency taking place.
As the car drifts across the intersection all the way to the other side, more drivers get out of their car to step up and try to rescue the situation, including one in US army fatigues who ran all the way across the notoriously busy junction.
The combined strength of six people brings the car to a halt and a woman hands a dumbbell she fetched from her car to a man who uses it to break one of the rear windows.
Once they have access to the car, the team of heroes wheel it to the parking lot of a nearby 7-Eleven, where they where a nurse provides Laurie with medical attention until the fire department arrives.
Laurie expressed the gratitude that her daughters had towards the team of good Samaritans and said she would like to return the dumbbell which was still in her car to its owner.
Her medical emergency was attributed to a combination of high blood pressure pills and fasting ahead of a medical procedure which caused her to get dizzy.
As Laurie tried to pull over she started to convulse. ‘When I started to pull over is when I went out and started to convulse. I didn’t wake up till the next day,’ she said.
Laurie Rabyor originally hails from Naugatuck, Connecticut, according to Facebook. She is a mother to two daughters and a grandmother to boys.
Boynton Beach police hope to honor the good Samaritans and are seeking their identities.
Eventually they intend to organize a gathering in which they can all meet Laurie, fully-recovered and in high spirits, and share an emotional reunion.