Gwinnett County Police Officer Lou Gregoire is still on patrol today because of David Zorn.
A young girl is home and
safe with her family thanks to
Carl Tafua.
A mother of two young children survives a brutal domestic attack because of Edward Bowlin.
Three motorists escape fiery deaths thanks to Brent Shupe.
What Zorn, Tafua, Bowlin and Shupe all have in common is more than their occupation. The four truck drivers are ordinary people who were put in extraordinary situations and went the extra mile to help complete strangers. The four drivers were honored as finalists for the 2000 Goodyear North America Highway Hero Award at the Mid-America Trucking Show in March.
Goodyear selected Zorn as its National Highway Hero for 2000, and Gregoire was among the press conference attendees in Louisville, Ky., to offer him his thanks for getting involved. The police officer, who was struggling with a suspect trying to get to his firearm along a roadway in Georgia, says he probably won’t be alive today if Zorn had not stopped to help.
Bowlin also came upon an assault and acted heroically. He witnessed an assailant trying to run over his estranged wife before stabbing her in the chest. Bowlin tackled the suspect and pinned him to ground until police arrived.
