DENVER, Colorado-
Have you ever asked yourself if you would push someone out of the way of a speeding car and risk your own life? I think most people would say yes, but you probably wouldn’t really know for sure until you are in that sort of situation and are able to see how you instinctively react.
Every so often a story circulates about someone who has gone above and beyond and really put their own neck on the line to save someone else. And that is exactly what 58-year-old Jim Moffett of Denver, Colorado did. Reports of the incident state that Mr. Moffett and another man were assisting two elderly women while crossing a street in a snowstorm. A man driving a pickup truck sped toward the four people and Moffett pushed the other three out of the way and was himself hit, sustaining a bleeding brain, broken bones, a dislocated shoulder, and a possible ruptured spleen. After the accident, he was hospitalized in serious but stable condition.
Jim Moffett did two Good Samaritan deeds for the day and should have been applauded for both, especially saving the lives of three other people and nearly dying while doing so. Well, the Colorado State Patrol didn’t quite see it that way. For his troubles they elected to instead give him and the other man citations for jaywalking. A trooper made a statement about the incident saying, despite Moffett’s intentions, jaywalking caused the accident. And I say, “Welcome to Denver, folks, please enjoy your stay.”
And ironically after the Trooper’s statement, and since Moffett was assisting the women while they crossed the street, it sounds like they were the jaywalking instigators, however, they were not cited. Hmmmmmm, Mr. Colorado State Trooper, please explain to us how that logic works?
The moral of the story: I’ve personally never had the desire to give a police officer the finger, but if I were in Mr. Moffett’s shoes I think the urge may arise within me. Is there no love for doing a good deed in Denver?
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