Positivity: Good Samaritan comes forward, tells of his ‘instinctive’ rescue of ill driver

From Asheville, North Carolina:

September 20, 2007 12:15 am

Josh Gallamore never got the message I left about the hero role he played recently in saving the life of a young man who lost control of his car.

The accident occurred when 24-year-old Adam Cox, who has an inoperable brain tumor, suffered an unexpected seizure on the way home from driving his wife to work.

Cox’s Kia was weaving and out of control on Sardis Road, three cars ahead of Gallamore’s van.

When Gallamore, 23, read Sunday’s paper and saw the column on the man he’d saved, he called. The Cox family didn’t have a phone number for him and wanted to thank Gallamore in person.

Cox was diagnosed with a brain tumor at age 3 and not given much hope. Today, he’s beat most odds but has some health problems, though he hadn’t had a major episode in five years.

When Gallamore saw Cox’s car careening and crossing the yellow lines, he knew something was wrong.

“I jumped out of my vehicle and ran after this man to save his life regardless of whether or not he should be driving,” Gallamore said, addressing the negative comments on the Citizen-Times message board. “I’m very glad I was there when I was. There’s a reason I was there and a reason (Adam) is here after 21 years, and they said he wouldn’t make it.”

Gallamore, who was working at Shoney’s at the time, said Cox’s car was traveling about 35 mph. He passed the two cars in front of him so he could see what was going on.

“I pulled around and saw him jerking,” he said. “I followed him a little ways and saw him going toward the bank, so I parked my van in the middle of the road and ran after his car.”

Gallamore said the act seemed “instinctive.”

“I just got there at the right time and was just happy I got the car stopped,” he said. “I’m a fast runner. I was actually amazed I did catch him.”

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