New York Yankees manager wins good Samaritan title

After one of the best days of his life, Joe Giradi helped a victim of a car accident get out of harm's way. According to Jason Zillo, spokesman for the Yankees, Girardi was driving home after his Yankess had just won the world series, when he saw a crashed car on a busy strectch of a highway on the premisis of New York. The car was jutting into traffic. Girardi immediatley stooped to make sure the driver was okay. "He wanted to make sure that if someone was in the car they were OK," Zillo said. "And then he wanted to help her get away from a dangerous position in the highway." Police arrived moments later. The accidnet occured at 2:25 a.m. on Thursday, reported CNN affiliate WABC. Marie Henry, 27, of Stratford, Connecticut, said Girardi sprinted across three lanes of traffic to come to her aid. "She had no idea who I was," Girardi said in a radio interview Thursday. A Westchester County police officer who arrived at the scene described Girardi in the good Samaritan role as "totally surreal." "The guy wins the World Series, what does he do? He stops to help," Officer Kathleen Cristiano told local news Web site LoHud.com. "A lot of people know him as 'Joe Girardi, the manager of the New York Yankees,' but Joe is someone who puts other people first," Zillo said. "The easy thing would have been for him to just drive by. But I think it shows a lot about his character."

I think that this story should be heard all around North America. After you have just coched your team to winnng the World Series, most people would not be looking out to make sure someone they do not know is okay in a car. Many people would not have stopped but Mr. Girardi did because he cares about other people. This gives me a good idea of what kind of person he is and I know that many people should look at what he did as something they should do in the future.