It was an action movie come true.
A Kansas farmer and his son are being hailed as heroes after they boldly rescued a truck driver who suffered a medical problem on a highway.
The trucker was traveling west on Interstate 70 in Sherman County on Tuesday when he suddenly “passed out” behind the wheel, Sherman County Sheriff Burton Pianalto said.
The truck entered the median and fortunately remained between both lanes of traffic for approximately a quarter mile while decelerating.
When the father and son duo traveling in the same direction saw the runaway truck, they sprang into action like something out of a James Bond movie.
The truck had slowed enough that the son, Brady Ginther, could jump into the passenger side of the vehicle. He tried to enter, but the door was closed.
Ginther asked his father, Brent Ginther, to throw him a hammer. He caught it and then broke the window, climbed into the truck and stopped it about an eighth of a mile before a 30-foot drop.
The truck had slowed enough that the son, Brady Ginther, could jump into the passenger side of the vehicle to make the daring rescue. Facebook/Sherman County, Kansas Sheriff’s Office
“This action most likely saved the life of the truck driver and protected all other travelers on I-70 and Highway 27,” Pianalto said.
“It’s amazing what people will do to help others they don’t know.”
Brent Ginther told KWCH he often travels on the highway to and from his farmland in western Kansas and eastern Colorado. He said he initially didn’t think much about the truck when he first saw it.
The truck driver was traveling west on Interstate 70 in Sherman County on Tuesday when he suddenly “passed out” behind the wheel. Youtube/12 News
“I said, ‘What the hell is going on there?’ And all my hired men that were with me just said, ‘Well, there’s no one driving that truck,’” he said.
He said they realized they needed to turn off the truck when his son bravely climbed into it.
The truck “put it out just in time,” he said.
Brent and Brady Ginther are getting a lot of love from the community for their quick thinking since the Sherman County Sheriff’s Office shared the story on social media.
“They need some kind of huge award from the mayor, the governor and the president. This is incredible,” one Facebook user opined, while another wrote: “It’s absolutely extraordinary that they were able to make this happen. Grateful that they were in the right place and willing to help. Hero, for sure.”
“We appreciate everything and (we’re) just good farmers and we would help anyone in a situation if someone needed help,” Brent Ginther said.
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