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ENMU Students Come to the Rescue
By Maurissa Munoz
ENMU students are being praised for superhuman actions. It all came down to being in the right place at the right time.
Portales local John Reilly was trapped under his truck. John was working to jumpstart his truck when it suddenly started; still being in gear, it jolted forward knocking him down and pinning him under the tire.
Lance Garrison, a senior studying University Studies, was driving by and witnessed the horrific event. He ran over to the scene and tried desperately to free John. Lance said his first thought was, “I need help, I know I can’t do this alone.”
Then, two ENMU football players, Chevy Mikaele and Ben Langford, came running over from The Nazarene church across the street. Along with other church members, they worked to lift the extremely heavy truck two feet off the ground to pull John out.
John was transported to a Lubbock hospital, and survived thanks to the students who were at the right place, at the right time.
“We firmly believe that God knew it was going to happen and that he put us here at the right place at the right time,” Ben explained. Chevy and Ben usually get to church later, going home after practice, but that time they went to the church right after practice. And Lance drove by in perfect timing.
They are giving the praise to God for the ability to lift the truck. Lance believes God used the church to save a life that day. After witnessing the tragic situation, he said, “All I could think about was how fragile life is, and how quickly it can change.”
Their heroics caught the news media’s attention around the world.
