Posted on 07/29/2015 5:07:08 PM PDT by chrisinoc
It started with a wrong turn and ended with a World War II veteran being absolutely embraced by the residents of one New Jersey township.
Lost while driving nearly three hours from his home in Pennsylvania, 92-year-old Oscar Ehrhart was returning from a veteran’s convention when he ended up in Bob Shea’s driveway.
Bob called Robbinsville Township police officer Thomas Egan for assistance. In the meantime, Oscar told some old stories, while proudly donning his WWII baseball cap.
He then had one request:
“Oscar asked if it would be O.K. for him to sleep in his car overnight since he was not the best driver in night low light conditions. Without blinking an eye Bob offered his home to Oscar and told him he could spend the night in a spare room.”
(Excerpt) Read more at ijreview.com ...
Excellent story at the link.
Remember, the strangers you meet along your way just might be angels in disguise!
The cops were great, I just don’t see why they were called. The guy offered the vet his spare bedroom.
“Remember, the strangers you meet along your way just might be angels in disguise!”
That’s right and thanks for the reminder.
It’s good to see these kind of stories.
In all fairness...at 92...he might have been on someones missing person list.
But yes Great job by all involved.
You are correct.
small town...and probably caller didn’t want the ole guy on the road.Cops are not called for just BAD shit,,,,ya know
Finally, some good news reflecting the values of this nation. Now, let’s get a response. Would this have happened to a 92-year-old veteran in Mexico? In El Salvador? In Brazil? In Honduras? In (you name the country).
With news often focusing on the horrible, criminal, and bizarre, once can forget that there are still plenty of good Americans out there.
I would consider hearing this tale to be a great honor. Most WWII vets wouldn't talk about what happened "over there".
Many are...
Took me longer than normal to read this story, because the screen kept getting blurry.
Wonderful story!!!
I’m in a Coaching and Leadership master’s program and a study was done where people were given an assignment to do a talk on the Good Samaritan. The speakers were told that they were given the wrong date and the talk needed to happen right away. As part of the experiment, people in need were physically placed in front of the talkers. The majority of people ignored those in need because they were so focused on getting to the church to do their talk on the Good Samaritan!
*** “The cops were great, I just don’t see why they were called. The guy offered the vet his spare bedroom.” ***
Cops ... Damn that was a Crapshoot
NEVER CALL COPS FOR ANYTHING!
Unless of course you just have to throw away time, money and freedom. Or you need someone to draw a Chalk Outline and write a report for your Insurance Co. before you just have to throw away time, money and freedom.
What an amazing but not surprising story. Thanks for sharing that.
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