Grieving Man Finds Hope After Cop Drives Him 100 Miles to His Family
When Indiana resident Mark Ross found out that his 15-year-old sister had died in a car crash at 3 a.m. on Sunday, he immediately called up a friend, convinced him to give him a lift and started the trek toward his family in Detroit. Desperate to reach his loved ones as quickly as possible, Ross overlooked the fact that his friend had a suspended driver's license - and he had an outstanding misdemeanor warrant, Time reports.
In their attempt to get to Detroit fast, Ross's friend began driving at breakneck speeds on a highway in Ohio. State highway patrol officers caught the pair, of course, and pulled them over for speeding. Quickly, things went downhill: The driver was arrested, the car was towed, and Ross faced potential jail time as well. But when the Michigan police department that had issued his warrant refused to cover such a long distance to pick him up, one kind Ohio officer decided to listen to his story.
The officer, Sgt. David Robison, was moved by his obvious grief, and he began saying a prayer for the Ross and his family. That's when Robison did the totally unexpected: He offered to drive Ross the remaining 100 miles to Detroit, where he dropped him off in a coffee shop so a family member could pick him up. Ross was blown away by the officer's kindness.
"I explained to the officer that my sister had died and that I needed to get to my mother ASAP," Ross wrote in a now-viral Facebook post about the good deed, which has been shared more than 95,000 times. "I broke down crying and he saw the sincerity in my cry ... Everybody knows how much I dislike cops, but I am truly grateful for this guy. He gave me hope."
[h/t Time]
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