Imagine getting that phone call that no parent wants to hear . . . “your [child] was in a terrible car accident.”
That is an experience one parent in the Nashville area experienced when she learned early last week that her 21 year old daughter had experienced a horrific car accident.
“It’s a mother’s worst nightmare,” the mother, Vickie West, said . . . especially when you can’t get to the scene of the accident as quickly as you may want to, to be there for your child.
By the time Mama Vickie had arrived, her daughter Hannah was already being taken away by an ambulance to a nearby hospital.
Though Hannah was in a massive state of shock, with head injuries and was sedated, she was able to remember that someone was holding her hand while waiting for first responders to arrive.
The daughter wasn’t quite sure if it actually happened, or if she had dreamed it, but she recalled someone holding her hand while she was trapped in her car.
Well, it was reality.
A kind stranger named Gina Hall had witnessed Hannah’s car get T-boned and spin across the intersection, hitting a guard rail head on before coming to a complete stop.
Vickie rushed out of her car and ran over to the young driver, consoling her and assuring her help would be there soon.
Of the loving act of kindness from the sweet stranger, Vickie shared, “An Angel was on duty . . . It means a lot to me. I’m forever gratful to Gina Hall. It could have been the last face my daughter ever saw.”
Gina had Hannah in her thoughts and took to Facebook in hopes that someone knew who the young woman in the car accident was and could give her an update on how the young driver was doing.
She relayed, “Once first responders arrived to help her, I left. I can’t stop thinking about her and I pray that she is going to be okay. Just thought someone may know her and could give me an update on her condition.”
Vickie had heard about the post, found it and responded. Though the women have not met in person, yet, they have communicated with each other online.
“I would just like the community to know that there [are] kind acts and acts of kindness every day . . . And if people practiced that, we would have a better world,” the grateful mother shared.
News4 in Nashville wasn’t able to get Gina in person for an interview late last week, but she did share a statement though the news outlet, reading:
“My statement would be that I’m so thankful that Hannah is going to be OK, and I’m so thankful I was able to comfort her in a time of need. Tragedy is only a phone call away for any of us at any time. Life is so fragile, and we do not know from one moment to the next when are time on this earth is going to be over. I would say we should all take the time to help someone; we need more of that. I’ve lived life long enough to know that life can change with every breath we take. We should never take anyone or anything for granted. Seeing Hannah trapped in that car is something I will never forget, and I’m so thankful she has been reunited with her loving family.“
