Truckers are often the first to help at accidents. Two truckers are very glad fellow driver Brenda Neron was nearby when their rig hit another and burned. Now a driver for X-Cel, Neron drove a school bus many years ago. After her son had a terrifying seizure on the bus one day, she decided to learn first-aid. "I became an instructor and went on into EMT training," says Neron.

That training proved to be invaluable last July when two rigs collided near LaGrange, Ind. Neron remembers that day vividly. "I was driving my truck, and a pickup in front of me stopped, and I stopped. The truck behind me either did not see or was going too fast — I don't know which. It swerved to avoid me. I heard a crash, and they [the two semis] had collided head on."

Hal A. Kaiser Jr., a passenger in one truck, was thrown from that rig, which started burning. His father, Hal Sr., was still inside. Neron stopped, jumped out and ran to the burning truck. A motorist ran up to help, and Neron helped him pull the older Kaiser from the cab.

Emergency crews arrived and treated the older man. Neron tended to Hal Jr., who had cuts and burns on his head and face. She helped him to the ambulance and then, feeling she had done all she could do, she continued on her way. The Kaisers described Neron as a guardian angel, but helping people in need is like the Golden Rule, she says. "You think of helping someone who's in trouble, because you might need help."