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Some years ago in south Louisiana, on the I-10 bridge between Baton Rouge and Lafayette, there were two men who had seen an 18 wheeler veer off the bridge, breaking through the railing, and plunging off into the bayou below. As they drove near it, they pulled over to the side of the highway and jumped out of their car to see about the driver of the 18 wheeler.

By this time, many people were getting out of their vehicles and looking over the railing into the bayou frozen in amazement. But when these two men did not see the driver surface or see any movement of life below, they both jumped several feet into the shallow water below to rescue that truck driver, and pull him to safety. They risked their lives for the sake of one man that he might live!

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