Act of kindness
Stranger drives breakdown couple 200 miles in dash to dying mother’s bedside
DEAN Moore made a 400-mile round trip to take a stranger to see her dying mother.
It was above and beyond anything anyone could have expected when he stopped to offer assistance at a roadside breakdown. His actions allowed a daughter to spend a last few precious moments with her mum. Dean’s act of human kindness was nothing short of heroic.
Given world events this year, it really puts things in perspective RON GILLIES ON GOOD SAMARITAN DEAN MOORE BY JEREMY ARMSTRONG
A GOOD Samaritan made a 400-mile round trip to take a stranger to see her dying mum after stopping to help at a roadside breakdown.
Kind-hearted Dean Moore, 40, stopped for Edinburgh couple Sharleen Gillies and husband Ron after they had a minor bump while driving to be with Sharleen’s mum Shirley in her final moments.
The couple knew Shirley, 81, did not have long to live and were horrified when insurers said they might have to wait three hours to be taken to a train station to continue their journey.
When dad-of-one Dean heard that, he insisted on driving them himself.
Sharleen, 57, and Ron, 76, had already driven 130 miles from their home in Edinburgh when they broke down on the A19 in Stockton-on-Tees, near Middlesbrough – but still had 200 miles to go to reach Shirley in Leverington in Cambrigde shire.
That did not deter Dean – and he refused to accept payment for the seven-hour round trip.
The Nissan worker, of North Ormesby, Teesside, said: “The thing that needed to be sorted was to get to Cambridge.
“It’s the last time they’d see the mam. I was just trying to be a decent human because so many people drove past.”
His selfless act meant Sharleen was able to hold her mother’s hand one last time as she lost her battle with cancer.
Ron, a retired company treasurer, said: “Words cannot express our gratitude. Given world events in 2019, it puts life into perspective.
“My mother-in-law died the next morning. I’m not sure we would have seen her (without Dean’s help).”