Mom Stranded at Gas Station With Kids, No Money - Until Officer Pays For Gas

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Mom Stranded at Gas Station With Kids and No Money for Gas—Until Officer Arrives, Pays for Fuel

October 12, 2021

This is what police officers across the country do every day. After getting a call of a woman with two small children stranded at a gas station  at night with no money for gas, Officer Greg Howard from the South Bend  Police Department paid for her fuel so that she could be on her way  home. The woman had parked at the Martin's Express gas station off Western  Avenue after her tank had run out, but she didn't have enough money to  fill it... "When we got there, I made contact with this woman, and I said, 'Hey,  you know, somebody called in and was worried about you and wanted to  make sure you're doing okay,'" ... "She was immediately—she was a little embarrassed, and was kind of defensive. She's like, 'I'll leave, I can  leave.' And I told her she wasn't in trouble; we were just checking to  make sure that she was okay."

Thinking only of themselves

After talking to the mom, the officer learned that she was waiting in the parking lot for midnight—for the first of the month to hit—when her  card would have enough money to pay for the gas.  Unwilling to let the family wait so long, at a gas station late at night, officer Howard insisted on paying it forward. "I filled up her gas tank and she was really, really appreciative,  she was almost crying," Howard told the newspaper. He thought to  himself, "This is what we should be doing for one another, this is what  being a good human being is about." It's everyone's job to help one  another.

"So I gave the kid high five, and they left and went on their way." The officer said that such actions are far from uncommon in his line of work; it just doesn't get much publicity. "I've gotten gas for people, changed tires, stuff like that, bought  food for people, it happens a lot and doesn't get that much attention,"  he said. "I've seen a lot of other officers do this kind of thing all the  time," he added. "It doesn't get a lot of attention, and we don't do it  to get attention.
 

Mom Stranded at Gas Station With Kids and No Money for Gas—Until Officer Arrives, Pays for Fuel
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