People across the community are pitching in what many are calling the roughest weather in nearly a decade. For some that meant shoveling neighbors driveways and digging out strangers' snowed-in cars. But for others, Tuesday was a mission of sorts... to rescue stranded motorists in blistering cold blizzard conditions. "The grand plan was just to help people out that's pretty much it," says Doug DiBlasio who set out to help out in his four-wheel-drive truck. "I think I'm lucky cause I got a nice vehicle," he says. "So I figure I'd use it to my advantage to try to help some people out. I bought a tow-rope... drove around trying to find someone that needed assistance." "You know, to be good Samaritans," says Eric Window, another good Samaritan. This one is armed with a shovel. "Everybody's getting out and helping each other because you're stuck," says stranded motorist Parlene Pursley. "You can't get out by yourself." It's a team effort that couldn't be better timed. If you ask these do-gooders why they're helping perfect strangers, you'll get a simple answer. "People need it," Window says matter-of-factly. Pursley knows that first-hand. Her camero is one of the cars Window is digging out. "I'm a CDL driver, a truck driver so I drove today thinking I'd have a better chance at maneuvering around this," she says. "But there's no way." Window says he and a friend have helped about six stranded people so-far. That's not counting the time he spent scooping snow to save his own car. Still DiBlasio, Window and other good samaritans are happy to do it. They call it paying it forward. "I might need it tomorrow on my way to work," Window says. "Who knows?"
