Workmen who saved nun from train: 'Nothing special'

Chicago Sun Times ^ | 01-20-10 | Kim Janssen

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Three workmen rescued a nun moments before an Amtrak train hit and destroyed her car Monday in Lemont.

Jason Wojdyla, 25, his dad John, and coworker Ryan Dimenza were installing air conditioning on a rooftop in downtown Lemont at 1 p.m. Monday when they spotted the nun crash her white Chevy Malibu.

“She hit a fire hydrant and got stuck on the tracks,” Jason Wojdyla said.

“We knew we had to do something.”

The threesome ran downstairs to help.

Though the nun, who Wojdyla estimated was in her 60s, was unhurt, they had to convince her to abandon her car before leading her to safety.

“When I heard the train coming, I knew there was nothing else we could do so we just stood back and watched,” Jason Wojdyla said.

[mlizzy]

Yipes! Guardian angel pulling some O.T.?

[TNCMAXQ]

Thank Heaven she’s all right. As far as the car goes, as a Malibu owner I can say that train probably did her a favor.

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"workmen 'nothing special'"

They are right and they are wrong. The ability to do good is within us all and in that respect they are nothing special. But the courage to do it when the moment is upon you, the act of putting your own self second, that is quite special indeed. God Bless them. Job well done.

[I Buried My Guns]

Maybe the nun was coming from Sizzler, and was playing a game of Malibu Chicken with the train.

Thanks, I'm here all week, tip the waitress.