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TRUCKER'S STORY * USA - Firestone trucker looks forward after heroic past
Firestone,CO,USA -The Longmont Times-Call, by George Plaven -18 June 2009: -- At home, Jorge Orozco Sanchez has dedicated a chunk of the living room wall to a collection of plaques honoring him for saving two lives last fall... The Adult Lifesaver Award from the American Red Cross. Firestone Citizen of the Year. The Goodyear North American Highway Hero Award. Accolades from the Weld County Sheriff’s Office... Orozco Sanchez, an independent trucker from Firestone, was driving on Colo. Highway 392 near U.S. Highway 85 last October when an SUV drifted across lanes and into his path. The crash left both vehicles in flames... The SUV’s driver, Melissa Nicklas, died in the collision... Orozco Sanchez was able to pull both himself and Nicklas’ two young daughters from the wreckage... His bravery saved lives, but the accident left Orozco Sanchez without the truck he needed to do his job. He is still waiting on an insurance settlement as pressure from bill collectors intensifies... Orozco Sanchez wondered how he would keep his house, how he would support his wife, Susie, and their two young children, Robert and Lorena. He said he wasn’t thinking positively... The turning point came in March, when Orozco Sanchez received the Goodyear award, along with a huge piece of generosity... Representatives from the Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association helped Orozco Sanchez get a no-money-down loan for the 2005 rig he now drives on his route from Greeley to Sterling... Goodyear also donated 18 new tires for the truck... Orozco Sanchez is still trying to catch up on bills, but he said everything will be OK so long as he takes it one day at a time... (Photo by Joshua Buck/Times-Call - Getting back in the driver’s seat hasn’t been easy for Jorge Orozco Sanchez after an accident totaled his rig last October. The Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association helped Orozco Sanchez get a no-money-down loan for a newer rig. They weren’t the only people to help, he said. Even the fueling station on the eastern plains, where he was filling up Tuesday, has given him flexibility on his credit)Labels: truckers' stories
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