{"id":1867249,"date":"2023-03-04T11:11:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T16:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mechanic-sees-drivers-trapped-on-icy-road-in-brutal-winter-storm-frees-them-for-7-hours-till-6-am\/"},"modified":"2023-03-04T11:14:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T16:14:43","slug":"mechanic-sees-drivers-trapped-on-icy-road-in-brutal-winter-storm-frees-them-for-7-hours-till-6-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mechanic-sees-drivers-trapped-on-icy-road-in-brutal-winter-storm-frees-them-for-7-hours-till-6-am\/","title":{"rendered":"Mechanic Sees Drivers Trapped on Icy Road in Brutal Winter Storm, Frees Them for 7 Hours Till 6 AM"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmechanic-sees-drivers-trapped-on-icy-road-in-brutal-winter-storm-frees-them-for-7-hours-till-6-am%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1867249&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div>\n<p>The western U.S. was hit hard by a winter storm last month. Many motorists were left stranded due to the cold and many abandoned vehicles littering the roads.<\/p>\n<p>Two local heroes pulled out twenty drivers who were trapped in the blizzard that hit Washington on February 22nd.<\/p>\n<p>Alec Higley from La Center, 27, was an Uber driver. He was driving to his client when traffic got stuck on Columbia Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p>Many found it difficult to drive because of the deep ruts on the icy roads.<\/p>\n<p>He then called Jonathon Gilbert (27) who was his best friend ever since kindergarten. Jonathon is an off-road enthusiast, and also owns Honest Jon&#8217;s Auto.<\/p>\n<p>Gilbert was not asked to assist a friend.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5097083\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/man-helped-free-friend-and-other-drivers-from-icy-road-9-1200x675.jpg\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/a> Jonathon Gilbert, a Pathfinder driver, arrives at Columbia Boulevard&#8217;s 82nd Avenue exit in his Pathfinder.\u00a0(Courtesy Of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alec.higley\">Alec Higley<\/a>)<\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5097075\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/man-helped-free-friend-and-other-drivers-from-icy-road-1-1200x900.jpg\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/a> Gilbert, in his Pathfinder next to Higley&#8217;s car through the storm.\u00a0(Courtesy Of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alec.higley\">Alec Higley<\/a>)<\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t even ask him to come help; he just offered,&#8221; Higley shared his thoughts with The Epoch Times. &#8220;He went to La Center to help out his family and told me he was on his way. He even brought food!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Higley, who had been trapped for approximately seven hours, was finally freed by Gilbert when he arrived in his Pathfinder around 11 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>After grabbing his tow ropes, he began helping to haul Higley\u2019s Tesla 3 away. He was quick to get the job done.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, you will see all <em>Other<\/em> They decided to help stranded motorists and decided to stay. Gilbert stated that he had no place to go.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Courtesy Of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alec.higley\">Alec Higley<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5097082\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/man-helped-free-friend-and-other-drivers-from-icy-road-8-1200x1600.jpg\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/a> Gilbert tightens his tow straps to haul the driver who is stuck on the icy roads.\u00a0(Courtesy Of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alec.higley\">Alec Higley<\/a>)<\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;He proceeded to tow over 20 cars,&#8221;\u00a0Higley spoke. &#8220;[He] even attempted to pull the semi-truck up the hill and managed to move it enough to open the off ramp and clear the highway to dozens of other vehicles that had been waiting to get through for hours.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gilbert is naturally drawn to helping his community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe that if you have the capacity to help someone you should do it,&#8221;\u00a0He spoke to the newspaper. &#8220;I&#8217;m also a 4\u00d74 enthusiast. There were so many cars; it was kind of a call of duty.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The drivers were aided by us until 6 AM, which took about 7-8 hours.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5097080\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/man-helped-free-friend-and-other-drivers-from-icy-road-6-1200x900.jpg\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/a> Gilbert attaches the tow strap to another vehicle.\u00a0(Courtesy ) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alec.higley\">Alec Higley<\/a>)<\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5097081\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/man-helped-free-friend-and-other-drivers-from-icy-road-7-1200x675.jpg\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/a> Gilbert helps to free the minivan stuck in its tracks.\u00a0(Courtesy ) <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p> &#8220;Continue reading More from&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/mechanic-sees-drivers-trapped-on-icy-road-in-brutal-winter-storm-frees-them-for-7-hours-till-6-a-m_5097049.html?utm_source=partner&#038;utm_campaign=conservnewsd\">Mechanic Sees Drivers Trapped on Icy Road in Brutal Winter Storm, Frees Them for 7 Hours Till 6 AM<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The western U.S. was hit hard by a winter storm last month. Many motorists were left stranded due to the cold and many abandoned vehicles littering the roads. Two local heroes pulled out twenty drivers who were trapped in the blizzard that hit Washington on February 22nd. Alec Higley from La Center, 27, was an &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1809,"featured_media":1895279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[9361,8260,10774,17534,6389,12111,4988,4180,12069,3829],"class_list":["post-1867249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-icy","tag-brutal","tag-drivers","tag-frees","tag-hours","tag-mechanic","tag-road","tag-storm","tag-trapped","tag-winter"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1867249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1809"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1867249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1867249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1895279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1867249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1867249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1867249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}