Chuck Forbes had only once obstacle in his way last week, as he headed from his home in Wyoming to a Denver hospital for a liver transplant -  and that was Mother Nature herself. The roads were blocked with snow. According to his wife, Ruth, who frantically called 911:

“The operator said ‘The road is closed, we’ve been forecasting this storm all week…Then she said ‘Hang on, I’ll get a patrolman to come talk to you.’”

Trooper Chuck Bloom arrived at the scene, talked to the couple and then returned to his patrol car.

“He came back to our car and said, ‘If you wait right here, the area boss for WYDOT (Wyoming Department of Transportation) will be right here,’” Ruth Forbes said. “In a matter of 10 minutes, we had a convoy of plow trucks.”

The couple followed nearly on the bumper of a plow truck in whiteout conditions.

Other trucks joined their caravan to plow a wider path. In Cheyenne, one plow led them through the city. South of the city, another snowplow driver got them to the state line.

In all, the escort involved eight snowplows and covered some 80 miles.

Forbes made it to the hospital in time. His surgery was performed the following morning.

“I hope those WYDOT (Wyoming Department of Transportation) guys know they performed a miracle,” Ruth Forbes said.

Source: CNN