Good Samaritans in town

Posted Feb 16, 2012 By Ed Cotnam

To the Editor:

Good Samaritans, they really do exist.

On a recent trip to Ottawa, my wife and I had a flat tire on the highway not far from Arnprior.

While we were waiting on the mechanic that CAA was sending, a kind gentleman pulled over and helped get us started. He said he had time to kill and knew how we felt, since it had recently happened to him.

So there we go back on the road to find a new tire in Arnprior. Unfortunately time was not on our side and most businesses were closed.

Thank goodness Prior Tire wasn't. When I knocked on the door at 6 p,m,, Tim Flegal cheerfully said, "no problem, pull in to the middle bay and I'll have a look."

Well not only did he look, he replaced our tire with a used one "on loan" and changed the spare.

We were back on the road again in no time. Timm thank you so very much for your kindness.

Ed Cotnam

Pembroke