EDITOR:

The other night my husband and I were driving home along Newtown Road near Mining Brook Road when an approaching car came fully into our lane. I braked and veered away. The oncoming car corrected at the last minute and, thankfully, we were unharmed.

However, we ended up precipitously hanging over the very deep ditch by the roadside. Immediately several people stopped and offered to help us. As one pickup pulled over to help, several vehicles passing by quickly stopped to join in. In total we had five men, all of whom were strangers to us and to each other, pushing our car back onto the road. We are so thankful that these people helped us out.

In our present political climate (which is often reflected in this paper's letters to the editor) it should be very reassuring to all of u

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