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Good Samaritan Helps Man Twice, 8 Years Apart

Gerald Gronowski got help with fish hook first time around

By the Associated Press

Posted Sep 16, 2012 4:45 PM CDT

(AP) – An Ohio man is thankful for the intervention of a Good Samaritan—the same one who helped him once before, eight years ago. Gerald Gronowski had a flat tire east of Cleveland recently when a man named Christopher Manacci stopped to help. During the encounter, Gronowski began talking about another stranger eight years before who had helped him pull out a hook that got stuck in his hand while he was fishing.

They then figured out that Manacci was that same man. He had been kayaking nearby. Gronowski says that he feels it's now his job to help someone else. He also offered to take Manacci fishing, but Manacci says that considering the bad luck Gronowski has had fishing, they should go bowling instead.

A man with apparently bad luck goes fishing.
A man with apparently bad luck goes fishing.   (Shutterstock)
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myflap.blow
Sep 17, 2012 6:37 AM CDT
UPDATE: Tragic accident at the bowling alley tonight where one man got his thumb stuck in a ball, and for reasons unknown, his bowling partner immediately beat him to death with a tire iron...
fractal
Sep 16, 2012 7:32 PM CDT
Some people cannot help themselves; they instinctively run to assist those in need.  They are a blessing in our lives. 
boxcar
Sep 16, 2012 6:05 PM CDT
Sharp contrast with "Good Samaritan" who relieved a drunk of his wallet after he had fallen onto train tracks 

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