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21.05.2015 Diaspora (USA)

Police Officer Who Lends A Helping Hand To Ghanaian Joseph Owusu Goes Viral In USA

By Yahoo News
Police Officer Who Lends A Helping Hand To Ghanaian Joseph Owusu Goes Viral In USA
21.05.2015 LISTEN

A mother’s photo and thank you note to a State Trooper who helped out her son after he got a flat tire is spreading like wildfire online.

Joseph Owusu, 20, was driving home from Virginia Tech, where he is a student, last week when one of his back tires blew out.

Virginia state trooper Matt Okes helped the stranded student, making sure other drivers saw his vehicle on the dark and highly trafficked road, and waiting with the student until his parents showed up and AAA fixed his car.

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Touched by the trooper’s kindness, Joseph’s mother, Dr. Nada Owusu, posted a photo of the two men , with a note of gratitude, to her Facebook page on Friday. “Facebook friends, join [me] in expressing my gratitude to God and to Officer [Matt] Okes…a Virginia State Police officer,” she wrote. “I took this picture at 2 am in the middle of nowhere. My son had his back tire blown off his car last night on his way home from school.

This kind officer approached him, didn’t ask if the little Mercedes was stolen but rather got on his knees to replace his tire. When his effort failed he stayed with my son all night till we arrived at 1 am with Triple A. He provided all the needed protection especially from those tractor trailers till we were done by 2 am and drove behind us for a while before exiting. Today I salute Officer Okes! He is our hero and our Good Samaritan.”

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