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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- | |
| Buffalo winter storm: Police searching for hero credited with saving several lives | |
| 2022-12-30 | |
[FoxNews] A man who police are calling 'Merry Christmas Jay' broke into a Buffalo-area school and brought several people inside to shelter them from the storm.
The man, who police are calling "Merry Christmas Jay," left a note explaining that he broke a window on Friday evening so that he could bring several people inside Pine Hill School in the Buffalo suburb of Cheektowaga. "I'm terribly sorry about breaking the school window [and] for breaking in the kitchen," the note reads. "Got stuck at 8 p.m. Friday and slept in my truck with two strangers. Just trying not to die. There were 7 elderly people also stuck and out of fuel. I had to do it to save everyone and get them shelter and food and a bathroom." A keyholder at the school had received an alarm about a break-in on Friday evening, but police couldn't immediately respond due to the deteriorating weather. When an officer eventually made it to the school later that weekend, he found the note from "Merry Christmas Jay." When the Cheektowaga Police Department pulled surveillance footage from inside the school, they "witnessed people taking care of people." "There was a freezer full of food but no one touched it. They only ate what was necessary to stay alive. They used the gym for the kids to play and pulled the smart boards out of the classrooms to watch the news for updates," the Cheektowaga Police Department said. "They had 2 dogs they were also attending to. When they were finally able to leave safely, you never would have known anyone was there." At least 39 people died from the winter storm, which pounded Buffalo on Friday and Saturday. The National Guard was going door to door in New York's second-largest city on Thursday and officials warned that more bodies could be found. | |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #6 Buffalo Mom Calls Target Employees 'Life Savers' for Sheltering Her Family During Blizzard |
| Posted by: Gromble Dribble4342 2022-12-30 20:52 |
| #5 Buffalo husband and wife house more than 100 people in their church during deadly Christmas blizzard |
| Posted by: Gromble Dribble4342 2022-12-30 20:50 |
| #4 Many years ago my older brother was going to town on an errand and I tagged along. Part way there we were stopped by a three foot snowdrift, in Central Oklahoma of all places, and had to abandon the car. A really nice lady welcomed us into her home, gave us warm water to drink and let us sleep on the carpet by the furnace. Good people, Bless them! |
| Posted by: magpie 2022-12-30 16:13 |
| #3 ^^^ Just a tiny bit of that old Judaeo-Christian ethic and love would have gone a long way. |
| Posted by: Tom 2022-12-30 12:27 |
| #2 ..more. “I walked to the houses to see if I could find shelter, any house that had lights on. I had $500 that I was offering, to sleep on their floor,” Withey told WBEN. After being turned down by everyone, he walked back to his truck defeated and with a new fear he had never experienced. On Christmas eve. Let that sink in. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-12-30 11:04 |
| #1 Barbershop owner in Buffalo opens his doors and saves lives in deadly blizzard. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-12-30 08:37 |