Texan Tyler Andrews helped revive a motorist and kept the family calm until help arrived.
In advance of National Good Samaritan Day on Wednesday, OnStar named Tyler Andrews its 2012 Good Samaritan of the Year. The Dallas resident while driving onto the southbound entrance ramp of the Dallas North Toll Way in his GMC Sierra last year saw a Ford Expedition stopped in the middle of the ramp. Andrews pulled alongside the vehicle and found an unresponsive man, along with his wife and three daughters.
“I pushed my OnStar button the second I came upon the scene,” said Andrews. “OnStar stayed with us the entire time, giving us instructions and helping us to remain calm.”
Two OnStar advisors spoke with Andrews, ironically himself the victim of a hit and run accident in 2008. One obtained incident details and alerted emergency personnel. The second advisor provided pre-arrival medical instructions to Andrews so he could help revive the motorist. Paramedics and the fire department arrived within minutes and provided additional medical assistance to the driver.
Good Samaritan Day dates to the 13 March 1964 murder of Catherine ‘Kitty’ Genovese. She was steps from her New York apartment when she was attacked. Despite her cries for help, no passersby came to her aid. The national outrage over her neighbors’ inaction and concern about the social state of America prompted March 13 to be declared Good Samaritan Involvement Day.
