A
A CENTRAL
A CENTRAL TEXAS MAN WAS STUCK IN THE SNOW FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR ON JANUARY
10TH AFTER SLIPPING
AND FALLING WHILE TAKING OUT THE
GARBAGE AT HIS
RANCH - WHICH VERY FEW CARS
DRIVE PAST.
HE SAYS HE THOUGHT HE WOULD'VE
DIED - HAD IT NOT BEEN
FOR AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR.
HERE'S KVUE'S LUIS DE LEON.
NATS OUTSIDE/AUDIO BIRD
CHIRP EXPECTING THE UNEXPECTED -
NATS CHIRP WINGS FLAP
CAN BE DIFFICULT IN THE PEACE
AND QUIET
NATS -BIRD
OF THE COUNTRYSIDE.
NATS MOO
WHERE THERE ARE MORE COWS
NATS ZOOM
THAN CARS.
I SPEND AS MUCH TIME AS I CAN AT
THE RANCH AND
FOR JAMES NOWLIN
NATS SNAP SNAP
JUDGE JAMES NOWLIN I SHOULD
SAY STILL
PRACTICING AT 83 YEARS OLD ITS
SAFE TO SAY HE'S ALWAYS
BEEN PREPARED FOR THE
UNEXPECTED.
SINCE THIS PANDEMIC, I'VE SPENT
A LOT MORE TIME OUT
THERE BUT NOTHING COULD'VE
PREPARED THE
JUDGE FOR WHAT HAPPENED ON
JANUARY 10TH.
NATS SNOW FILE
A DAY WHERE CENTRAL TEXAS SAW A
RARE SEVERAL INCHES
OF SNOW.
STILL JUDGE NOWLIN HAD A
SUNDAY ERRAND.
I NORMALLY ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON
WHEN I'M AT THE
RANCH, WILL TAKE THE TRASH CAN
OUT AND IT'S QUITE A HIKE
TOO.
THE GATE TO HIS RANCH IN RED
ROCK - YOU COULD SAY IS A
COUNTRY MILE AWAY.
AND DROVE MY CAR DOWN TO THE
FRONT GATE INSTEAD OF
EITHER WALKING TRYING TO EVADE A
SNOWY, AND SLIPPERY
CATTLE GUARD IN FRONT OF HIS
GATE.
BUT APPARENTLY I PUT MY LEFT
FOOT A LITTLE
BIT ON THE EDGE OF ONE OF THOSE
TYPE BARS OF THE
CATTLE GUARD,
AND MY LEFT FOOT JUST SLIPPED
RIGHT OUT FROM
UNDER ME. AND I CAME DOWN PRETTY
HARD
A FALL DOCTORS WOULD LATER
TELL HIM LED
TO A FRACTURED FEMUR.
I KNOW IT WAS EVEN MORE SERIOUS
WHEN I LOOKED AND
SAW THAT I COULD NOT MOVE MY
LEFT LEG SO HE
DRAGGED HIMSELF TO HIS CAR -
THINKING I COULD GRAB HOLD OF
THE
THE DOOR
THE DOOR HANDLE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND PULL MYSELF UP. I WAS UNABLE TO
DO THAT.
ME TO SHOW HOW LONG THE DRIVEWAY
IS
"JUDGE NOWLIN NOW FOUND HIMSELF
STUCK ON THE GROUND
YARDS AND YARDS AWAY FROM HIS
RANCH WHERE
NO ONE WAS HOME. HE DIDN'T HAVE
HIS PHONE ON HIM BECAUSE
HE WAS SIMPLY TAKING OUT THE
TRASH. NO ONE TO SEE HIM. NO
ONE TO HEAR HIM. NO WAY TO
CALL FOR HELP."
THAT IS UNTIL
NATS DOOR OPEN
YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP
YOUR SMILEY FACE
NATS BOX
AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR - CAME
ALONG.
YOU GOT TO KEEP TRUCKING ALONG.
AND NOT EVERY DAY IS
THE SAME.
LONGTIME AUSTINITE - ELISHA
INFANTE DELIVERS
PACKAGES FOR AMAZON
NATS BOX
I WAS PRETTY MUCH FAMILIAR WITH
AUSTIN ROUND ROCK,
BUDA NATS BOX
BUT HER SNOWY ROUTE
NATS DOOR CLOSE
ON JANUARY 10TH BROUGHT HER TO
RED ROCK.
RED ROCK.
I
I NEVER
I NEVER GO TO RED ROCK, EVER. NATS DRIVING AND I WAS TURNING A CORNER AND
SOMETHING
TOLD ME, LOOK TO MY RIGHT. AND I
DON'T
DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A SPIRIT, AN ANGEL,
SOMETHING DREW HER ATTENTION
TO JUDGE NOWLIN -
WHOD BEEN OUT IN THE COLD - FOR
MORE THAN AN HOUR.
I SAW A MAN FRANTICALLY WAVING
HIS HANDS AND HE
HAD A LOT OF BLOOD ON HIS HANDS,
AND
AND I
AND I KNEW HE WAS IN A LOT OF TROUBLE AND I STOPPED. I PASSED HIM
BECAUSE I COULDN'T BREAK
IMMEDIATELY, OBVIOUSLY, AND
I PASSED HIM. SO I JUST
REVERSED
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY FREEZING. AND
ALL HE HAD ON
WAS A SWEATSHIRT AND SOME
JOGGING PANTS.
SHE QUICKLY GRABBED HER PHONE
CALLED FOR HELP -
THREW HER JACKET AMONG OTHER
THINGS ONTO JUDGE
NOWLIN
TO KEEP HIM WARM - AND KEEP HIM
TALKING UNTIL
MEDICS ARRIVED.
NOTING THAT - NOT A SINGLE OTHER
CAR - WENT DOWN
THAT ROAD WHILE SHE WAITED WITH
HIM.
WHEN I SAW HIM. I THOUGHT,
THAT'S SOMEBODY'S
GRANDPA. I KNOW SOMETHING OR
SOMEBODY PUT
ME THERE, I KNOW THAT FOR A
FACT, BECAUSE I
KNOW WHAT I FELT AND I KNOW A
LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T
BELIEVE
BELIEVE IN FAITH OR THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN STORIES LIKE THIS. BUT IT'S REAL. YOU KNOW,
SOMEBODY SENT
ME THERE.
ME THERE.
JUDGE
JUDGE NOWLIN BELIEVES SHE SAVED HIS LIFE. AN ANGEL AND A SAINT. I
BELIEVE THAT I WOULD HAVE
PROBABLY PERISHED IF SHE HAD NOT
COME BY DOCTORS
PERFORMED SURGERY ON NOWLIN'S
LEG-- AND HE'S IS
STILL RECOVERING.
BUT HE WONDERED.
WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT I COULD
DO? TO HELP HER.
LEADING TO YET ANOTHER
UNEXPECTED SURPRISE IN
THIS STORY THIS TIME FOR
ELISHA.
SO THE ONLY THING THAT I COULD
DETERMINE
FROM THE CONVERSATIONS THAT SHE
HAD WITH SOME OF
MY RELATIVES AND OTHER PEOPLE
CLOSE TO ME WAS THAT
SHE WAS TRYING TO BUY A CAR.
I HAVEN'T HAD A CAR IN SEVEN
YEARS. I'VE BEEN RIDING
CAPITAL METRO SO JUDGE NOWLIN
MADE A CALL TO HIS
FRIEND ROX COVERT OF COVERT
AUTO.
AND I REMEMBER TELLING HIM
WHATEVER THE
COST WAS, JUST THAT I'M HAPPY TO
BEAR THE COST.
AND I JUST THOUGHT, I DON'T
DESERVE THAT, YOU
KNOW, MAYBE LIKE A THANK YOU
CARD OR A STEAK DINNER.
I'LL TAKE THAT AND WE'LL BE
GOOD.
CAMERA SNAP
ELISHA NOW WITH A NEW CAR OF
HER OWN.
JUDGE NOWLIN FOREVER GRATEFUL.
YOU KNOW, IN THIS DAY AND TIME,
WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS
THEY'VE GOT GOING ON IN THIS
WORLD, IT IS AN INDICATION
THAT THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE LEFT
IN THIS WORLD.
EXPECT - THE UNEXPECTED.
YOU KNOW NEVER - WHO - YOU'LL
FIND.
YOU KNOW, WE NEED MORE KINDNESS
RIGHT NOW.
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