Thursday, November 05, 2009
You might think it was their $210 million payroll. Or the fact that Galley prays for them everyday. Or that Hideki Matsui got really hot at that right time. Or the mystique of their pin-striped suits. None of these are the reason the Yankees won number 27. It's because their coach is such a nice guy. Here's what happened to Joe Girardi after game 6.Just hours after guiding the Yankees to their 27th World Series title, Girardi stopped to help a woman who had lost control of her car on the Cross County Parkway and crashed into a wall, according to a report in the Westchester Journal.
"The guy wins the World Series, what does he do? He stops to help," said Westchester County police officer Kathleen Cristiano, who was among the first to arrive at the accident scene. "It was totally surreal."
According to the paper, Girardi had recently passed through a DUI checkpoint on the parkway, where he was congratulated by Cristiano, who was one of the officers working the checkpoint. A short time later, a 911 call came in about an accident just up the road, so the policemen at the checkpoint left to help. By the time they arrived on the scene, Girardi had already helped the woman out of her crashed vehicle.
"He was jumping up and down, trying to flag me down," Cristiano said. "You don't expect him standing by a car accident trying to help."
Girardi had to cross on foot the traffic-filled parkway from where he stopped his car and where the crash had occurred.
Once help arrived, Girardi told them he "had to get going," according to the paper.
Cristiano and the crash victim, Marie Henry, both thanked Girardi and watched as he ran across traffic again to reach his car.
"He could have gotten killed," county Sgt. Thomas McGurn said, adding that responding police units take extra precaution in that area because of the blind curve and speeding cars. "Traffic goes by at 80 mph."
"The guy wins the World Series, what does he do? He stops to help," said Westchester County police officer Kathleen Cristiano, who was among the first to arrive at the accident scene. "It was totally surreal."
According to the paper, Girardi had recently passed through a DUI checkpoint on the parkway, where he was congratulated by Cristiano, who was one of the officers working the checkpoint. A short time later, a 911 call came in about an accident just up the road, so the policemen at the checkpoint left to help. By the time they arrived on the scene, Girardi had already helped the woman out of her crashed vehicle.
"He was jumping up and down, trying to flag me down," Cristiano said. "You don't expect him standing by a car accident trying to help."
Girardi had to cross on foot the traffic-filled parkway from where he stopped his car and where the crash had occurred.
Once help arrived, Girardi told them he "had to get going," according to the paper.
Cristiano and the crash victim, Marie Henry, both thanked Girardi and watched as he ran across traffic again to reach his car.
"He could have gotten killed," county Sgt. Thomas McGurn said, adding that responding police units take extra precaution in that area because of the blind curve and speeding cars. "Traffic goes by at 80 mph."
Hey, even a Yankee can be a Good Samaritan. Way to go Joe and congratulations Yankees.
Next year, maybe the Giants will win. We all win when we stop and help.
Pastor Tim
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