…that’s when he saw Sheila Roland. I looked in the boat, and she’s a little lady. She had a winter coat on, which was drenched in water, and somebody gave her inserts from their winter boots that were well oversized, because I guess she was barefoot throughout the day. I looked at her and said, ‘instead of you walking through the water again, I’ll carry you to the dry part.’ I scooped her up and gave her a little smile, and she pipes up ‘the last time I was carried like this was on my wedding night!’ It made both of us just laugh. As the weeks went on after the flood, I got the chance to finally meet up with her. We have now became pretty good friends.
Shawn Wiebe, Canadian firefighter, 2013
Janet, thank you for sharing this tale of humans displaying their humanity for all to see.
What a very sweet story!