One evening,June Griffith was on her way to pick up her son.Almost immediately,she realized that she had gone the wrong way.She'd driven onto railroad tracks and the underside of her car was caught. 

As Griffith tried to remove the car,its headlights attracted the attention of a passerby,Jordan Ricks,a college student.He ran over. 

Ricks,22,tried to appear calm as he instructed Gdmth to remove the car.Both of them could now see the wheel between the rails and the uneven track bed.Ricks put his hands under the front fender and gave it a push.It didn't move. 

He pushed it again with all his strength,Still,no movement. 

From about 50 feet away,a group of students from the nearby university watched the scene.Ricks signaled to them,and five of the guys came over. 

He directed them to different sides of the car,and they all put their hands under the flame. 

"One,two,three" Ricks yelled.They all pushed. 

"One,two,three!" he yelled again.The car didn't move. 

At that moment,they felt the ground begin to shake.Then four dings signaled an on coming train,apd the railroad gates dropped down.In the distance,an unclear line of light appeared,followed by the loud noise of a horn . 

The guys started yelling,"Get out of the car!Get out of the car!"But Griffith felt _ . 

When Griffith glanced in the mirror,she saw the train lights approaching.But she worried that the Arthritis in her feet would prevent her from escaping in time and that her car would bedamaged.One of the students,Tommy Stackhouse,20,saw her shocked face and knew he had to act.He reached for the car door and forced it open. 

The train was just a few hundred feet away.In the last few seconds,Stackhouse grasped Griffith's arm and pulled her from the car.His friend,Frank DiPietrapaul,18,grasped her other arm,and the pair pulled Griffith aside. 

They watched as the train,crashed into the car,cutting it into half its original size and sending metal pieces flying.Griffith sat crying as the police arrived and sorted through the ruins--and wrote her a ticket for no attention to driving.Eventually,the students went home. 

A few days later,a reporter asked the young men and Griffith to reunite at a local coffee shop.There a tearful Griffith hugged her rescuers."These boys are heroes,"she would later tell anyone who would listen."They saved my life." 

Ricks feels only grateful for the outcone."It was one of those moments," he says,"when we could have been gone together.It makes you think how precious life is."
What was it that made June Griffith realize something was wrong? Who was it that ran over to help her initially? How old was he? What was it the group of men yelled at her ones it was realized a train was getting near? What was it Griffith saw when she glanced in the mirror? How many students came and helped when Rick Signaled them? Who was it that reached for the door and forced it open? How old was he? What did the police write Griffith a ticket for? Where did a reporter ask the young men and Griffith to reunite?
she had gone the wrong way Jordan Ricks 22 "Get out of the car!Get out of the car!" the train lights approaching five Tommy Stackhouse 20 no attention to driving. local coffee shop