"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:zF%2c.84768$ko6.437064@attbi_s02...

[uplifting stories snipped]

He refused to accept any money, and sent us merrily on our way.

There *are* good people everywhere in aviation.

And outside of aviation as well.

Many years ago, (1977 I think) my mother (64 at the time) had a flat tire.
She pulled to the side of the road with the trunk open and her emergency
flashers on.

She was really shaken when a trio of grungy looking bikers pulled up an
offered to change the tire for her. Shaken, hell...she was scared witless
(at least it sounded like "witless" when she told me about it). Well, while
she hemmed and hawed, one guy started to remove the spare from the trunk.
She didn't know whether to run or what.

She was immediately relieved when one of the bikers took out his wallet and
showed my Mom his badge. Seems it was some off duty police officers out for
a Saturday ride...they just didn't see the need to get dressed up. They had
her on her way in a few minutes.

An interesting aside: Now, she didn't know them, and they didn't know
her...but I knew all of them -- it turned out that two of the fellows were
guys I worked with.

Small world, huh?