I helped an RVer in need, just a little

You say pay it forward,I say it is words to live by. On or about 1996 I was returning from Arizona on I 40. Late after noon I pulled over to assist an older couple traveling in a Motorhome. Thier Rt front tire had blown out. They had a spare but impossible for them to change. I scrached my head as the rig shook violenty as each big rig passed by us at warp speed. I asked out of dispair DO YOU HAVE LEVELING JACKS ? Why yes he replyed. Ok we are in business I had him raise the front of the coach so the wheel was 2 inches off the ground. I changed the wheel and advised him to stop and have the torque checked for safty reasons. I re mounted the bad tire on the rig, and asked for a paper towel to wipe my hands. When came out of the rig he handed me wet wipes in one hand and $ 500 in the other. I absoultly refused to take it untill his wife came out and gave me the what for. Come to find out they had hit a big jack pot at the Casino. So long story short I have been one to promote Pay It Forward. Later on late in the year or I should say beginning of the year in January. Again I was returning from Arizona very late 11pm. I saw there was a car on fire on the side of the.I stopped to assist and found 2 elderly 70+ couple in the car not realizing it was on fire. I removed them from the car and proceded to put out the fire. I took them back to Barstow where I called thier Ins Co.. I had also made arrangements for the tow .I stayed with them for a while and returned them to thier car where we met the tow truck. They had asked me in conversation who I was where I was from What I did for a living. Not knowing what a great memory they had. They had sent a letter reflecting what had happend that evening to the Commanding Officer at the Coast Guard Air Station San Diego. I was reconized by all of my piers and awarded a medal for risking my life while I was assting them . By the simple act of helping a fellow human I was rewarded by my fellow Brothers in the Guard. I DO BELIEVE