Head Needs Help

This isn't a news story, but I did find it on a posting of stories shared by truck drivers. Driving all day and seeing the countryside, these truckers see their share of the world, I would imagine. In this case, one truck driver was in need of help and another one came to his rescue.

Turns out a truck driver was trying to make his delivery time, but he was feeling tired and needed a power nap. He was worried that if he crawled back into the cab, he would fall so soundly asleep, he wouldn't hear his alarm. So instead, he just laid his head down on his arms as they rested on the steering wheel. He slept that way for an hour or two, and when he woke up, his head was stuck through the steering wheel! He tried for a few hours to get his head back through the wheel, but couldn't seem to get the angle correct. He tried for another hour to reach his CB radio microphone, but couldn't quite reach it. Somehow he was able to speak through the radio from across the cab. He called for help and finally reached another driver who heard him on his same CB channel.

The rescue driver got the location and pulled up to the semi with the stuck driver, but was a little wary because there were no other vehicles nearby. Even though the situation seemed wierd, and he couldn't see anyone in the cab of the lone semi truck, the rescue driver approached the semi truck and found that the story was indeed true. The driver did have his head stuck in the steering wheel and really had no way to move or get his head out. The rescue driver and his partner tried to pull his head out by helping him readjust his body. They poured oil over his head to see if they could slide the head back through. Nothing seemd to work. After another few hours of working, they finally cut the steering wheel to pull his very stiff head and neck out.

Good news for the guy who was stuck for some time. And a feel good day for the guys who finally helped get him out.

There are so many times when we think we can do it on our own, but in the end we need each other to help get our head out of the stuck steering wheel...literally.