“Boy, what on earth were you thinking?” one of the officers asked. “You’re definitely too young to drive. What’s happening here?”
“I’m sorry, Officer Winston,” Jimmy said, glancing at his nameplate.
“I’m driving my unconscious mom to the hospital! My mom was driving us back home from Nevada when she suddenly stopped the car on the side of the road because she was feeling sick.”
“She lost consciousness immediately after. I had no choice but to drive us.
I was scared she wouldn’t make it,” Jimmy said, almost crying as he looked at his mom. The policeman looked at Jimmy as if to check whether or not he was telling the truth, but then he glanced at the backseat and realized that there was indeed a woman passed out. “Go sit on the passenger seat.
I’m going to drive you to the hospital,” he said, gesturing for Jimmy to scoot over. But his patrol partner objected. “Come on, man.
This kid didn’t follow the law! He should have called 911 and waited for them to come instead of driving. We should get this car impounded and arrest the boy,” he argued.
“We’re talking about a LIFE here! Look at her. She’s getting paler by the second!
She needs to get to the hospital quickly!” Officer Winston replied. “You’re going to get fired! Everything should be done according to the law.
We took an oath. Don’t you remember?” his partner asked him. “Maybe I’ll get fired, but my life won’t end at being a police officer.
This woman’s life can end today if she doesn’t get to the hospital. I took an oath to protect the community I am serving. I want this boy to have a chance to grow up with his mom even if it’s the last thing I do as a policeman,” Officer Winston declared.
Officer Winston got behind the wheel and drove Jimmy and Macy to the hospital. When they got there, Macy was quickly wheeled into the emergency room, where Officer Winston made sure to assist Jimmy while speaking to the doctors. After taking some tests, it was revealed that Macy had suffered a brain aneurysm.
“Thankfully, you were able to take her to the hospital before the aneurysm ruptured. If you brought her in ten minutes later, it would have been challenging to save her,” the doctor told them. Jimmy was overwhelmed with emotion upon hearing this.
He was relieved that he trusted his gut by getting behind the wheel and started to cry. “Thank you, Officer Winston. If it weren’t for you, I would have been an orphan,” he told him.
Officer Winston was glad he could help the poor boy and his mom. He didn’t realize that there was more to the story and that Jimmy was the child of a single parent. While Macy recovered at the hospital, Officer Winston took responsibility for Jimmy.
He made sure he was taken care of and that he and Macy had everything they needed. After a couple of weeks, Macy made a full recovery. She was grateful to Officer Winston for taking care of Jimmy in her absence and for taking her to the hospital.
And as soon as she was released, she put in a good word for Officer Winston at his police precinct. Not only was he commended for his heroism, but he was also promoted. Meanwhile, Macy and Jimmy remained good friends with Officer Winston, who introduced the mother and son to his family, so they had more people to hang out with during their free time.
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Source: amomama
