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Essay Contest: Slippery Sunday Snow Storm

September 30, 2022
By writer2885 BRONZE, Nashotah, Wisconsin
writer2885 BRONZE, Nashotah, Wisconsin
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It was a cold Snowy Sunday afternoon on December 31, 2021, New Year's Eve. I went to the store to get some food for the night to celebrate New Year’s Eve with my family. I pulled into 

Pick n´ save and I heard a loud thump. I looked and saw a lady that slid into a snowy ditch.


I walked over to her car with snow crunching below my feet and tapped on her window and I asked, “Do you need some help getting out of there?” 


She said, “Absolutely, if you don't mind.” 


I took a look at the situation. I knew she was not going to be able to just drive right out. 


I started removing the snow from around her car.  Next, I had her put her car in reverse and said “Slowly give it a little gas while I push.” She does that and I tried to push but the tires just spin.


I realized that wasn't going to work. I ask her if she has anything in her car we can put under her tires.  She said, “I have some Old bags of mulch; that's pretty much it.” 

I took the mulch and poured some behind each of her front tires and tried to get some under it too. This should give her traction.


I had her put it into reverse and I lifted and pushed the car. It moved back slightly and hit the mulch. The car was slowly crawling out. As I saw the car getting closer and closer to the road and I kept pushing, soon enough the car hit the road again. She hopped out and came up to me and gave me a big hug and she said, “Thank you so so much.”


As I walked back I was thinking and realized that I just made someone so happy and saved them a lot of hassle and that is something I can feel good and proud about doing. 


The author's comments:

This is an entry for the Teens Making a Difference essay contest.


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