The owner of a bakery truck had the driver open up the back to give out bread to starving motorists trapped in a traffic jam for 20-plus hours in Virginia.
A stranded couple expressed their gratitude to the owner of Schmidt Baking Company for helping feed them and dozens of others stuck for 20-plus hours on I-95.Casey Holihan Noe / FacebookFeeling famished after not having eaten for more than 30 hours while stranded in an icy traffic jam in Virginia, a Maryland couple figured they would try a longshot to see if they could get some much-needed food.
Holihan was then surprised to receive a phone call 20 minutes later from the owner of Baltimore-based H&S Bakery, which owns Schmidt Baking Company. Chuck Paterakis told her he was instructing the truck's driver, Ron Hill, to open up the back and pass out some food. ."It felt incredible just hearing people say thank you and hearing people just so relieved to finally have food in their car, food in their system and in their kids’ system. It was a really incredible feeling."they helped pass out about 300 packages of rolls and loaves of bread to people in surrounding vehicles over the course of an hour.
The couple had not moved for more than 20 hours in the southbound lane of I-95 thanks to a combination of jack-knifed tractor trailers, heavy snowfall and four inches of ice that hindered rescue vehicles from clearing the road. They had spent the night in their car in temperatures that had dipped into the 20s.
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