February 3, 2004 - 11:15pm - Unit #220 attempted to assist a stranded motorist in a vehicle on northbound I-270 near Ladue Rd. 220 noticed a truck that had its flashers on and went to investigate to see if anyone was inside. 220 saw a dog in the rear cab of the truck and found it to be suspicious because there was no driver with the vehicle. Plus, it looked as if the driver was living out of the truck. 220 went to his truck and called Creve Coeur Police for assistance in locating the driver. 220 saw a quilt sprawled out in the front seats of the vehicle, but did nothing further until CCPD arrived. Once the CCPD officer arrived, 220 walked with him to investigate further. As it turned out, there was a woman asleep underneath the quilt and it took sometime for the officer to wake the woman up. When the woman finally did, she told the officer she was out of gas. 220 offered to get some fuel for the woman, but the woman had no money on her. 220 decided to go and get gas for the woman anyway while the officer remained at the scene. 220 returned with fuel minutes later (about 11:35pm) only to find the woman asleep (again) in the front seat. The officer came up and told 220 the woman was from Crystal City and she was going to Kirkwood, how she ended up in Creve Coeur is unclear. The woman’s father is a Crystal City police officer. When he was told that her daughter was found in Creve Coeur, he stated "I am on my way". The Creve Coeur Police officer thanked 220 for helping out and stated that he would remain on the scene until the father arrived. 220 left the scene after giving the officer his REACT business card and.

February 5, 2004 - 9:00pm - Unit #220 assisted a stranded motorist on I-64 east of Clayton Rd. The driver already had AAA on the way, but asked if 220 would stay behind him until the tow truck arrived. 220 stuck around until the tow truck showed up and then left the scene. The driver thanked 220 for checking on him.

February 5, 2004 - 10:35pm - Unit #220 attempted to assist a motorist on I-55 south of Highway 141. The stranded motorist already had help on the scene, but had trouble getting a flat tire off his vehicle. 220 offered his two-ton jack, four-way tire iron, gloves and a flashlight to the men and waited for them as they finished. Unfortunately, the spare that the friend brought with him had a leak in it. So, the stranded motorist put the flat tire back on the vehicle and drove it to the Shell Station on Richardson Rd. During the drive down, 220 noticed that the tags were expired but said nothing to the driver once they got to the Shell station. 220 left the gas station and went to locate a City of Arnold Police Officer. Once reached at a Quiktrip in town, the officer wasn’t concerned about the expired plates, but was curious as to the make and model of the vehicle. 220 obliged the officer with the written information and left the Quiktrip.

February 6, 2004 - 9:50pm - Unit #220 assisted a stranded motorist with a flat tire on I-44 west of Bowles Avenue. 220 helped the driver change the tire and then went on his way.

February 7, 2004 - 12:05am - Unit #220 assisted Chesterfield Police and Fire at the scene of a two vehicle accident with injuries on Clarkson Rd in front of Marquette High School. It is unsure how the accident occurred, but drifting snow and blustery winds might have been the culprit. 220 assisted by parking his truck near the top of the hill leading to the accident scene and directed traffic from the slow lane over to the fast lane.

February 8, 2004 - 11:00pm - Unit #220 was assisting a stranded motorist on southbound I-270 north of I-44, when another motorist pulled behind 220, about 200 yards north. It is unclear what exactly happened but the motorist claimed to have been hit by another vehicle somewhere along I-270. 220 decided not to make a phone call to the local police department because the driver did not ask that the police be called to the scene. About fifteen minutes after 220 left the scene, a Town & Country Police car pulled up to the vehicle.

February 11, 2004 - 9:15pm - Unit #220 assisted St. Louis County Police with a two vehicle accident on northbound I-270 at Theiss Road. Vehicle #1 was in front of Vehicle #2, but was not driving at highway speeds. Vehicle #2 did not realize the difference in speeds and drove into the rear of Vehicle #1. 220 directed traffic away from the accident scene and came close to getting hit three times by inattentive motorists in the process.

February 11, 2004 - 10:50pm - Unit #220 attempted to assist a stranded motorist with a flat tire on northbound I-55 north of Reavis Barracks Road. The female motorist had called her husband so there were two cars at the scene. The husband allowed his wife to go home in his car while he and 220 stayed behind to change the tire. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen. The vehicle with the flat (a Ford Explorer) had an additional problem in which the tire iron used to lower the spare tire under the vehicle was broken at the end, which rendered the vehicle useless. 220 offered the man use of his cell phone and towing list. Within twenty minutes of the initial call, a tow truck finally arrived. The man thanked 220 for helping out.

February 12, 2004 - 11:45pm - Unit #220 assisted police on southbound I-255 south of Telegraph Road. A woman in a Ford Taurus was suffering from a diabetic reaction and drove her car off the road and into a drainage ditch alongside the highway. 220 assisted St. Louis County Police and the Lemay Fire Department by blocking the slow lane of traffic and directed traffic into the fast lane while paramedics worked to free the woman.

February 13, 2004 - 9:15pm - Unit #220 assisted a stranded motorist out of fuel on I-55 south of Meramec Bottom Road. 220 left the scene, got some fuel, and returned to the scene. The driver thanked 220 for his assistance.

February 13, 2004 - 9:25pm - Unit #220 assisted a stranded motorist with engine trouble on I-55 north of Highway 141. 220 spoke with the driver and learned that a tow truck had been called “some time ago”. When the driver made a return call to the tow company, he realized his error. He mistakenly told them he was on I-270 near Missouri Bottom Rd (which is 20 miles away). 220 offered his towing list to the driver and waited until a tow truck arrived.

February 13, 2004 - 9:40pm – While unit #220 was waiting for a tow truck to arrive in the above incident, a fire tone got his attention. The fire tone indicated that a there was a fire in a dumpster at the Cracker Barrel restaurant on Meramec Bottom Road, near his location. 220 looked up at the overpass and saw huge plumes of smoke billowing north of his location. 220 stopped what he was doing and headed to the fire scene, directing traffic away from the immediate property. Lemay Fire Truck #1770 arrived on the scene moments later and extinguished the fire.

February 13, 2004 - 11:15pm - Unit #220 assisted at the scene of a multi-vehicle accident with injuries on I-55 northbound at I-255. St. Louis County Police were already at the initial scene along with a St. Louis County Police helicopter flying overhead. A total of four to five vehicles were involved, shutting down the highway for more than an hour. 220 assisted by using road flares to wave traffic over to the far right lanes while the St. Louis County Police worked on the accident scene. Since the police were at a section of highway that splits to I-270 and I-255, it became nearly impossible for motorists to see the accident because a train trestle blocked the view as motorists drove down a hill towards the crash site. Therefore, 220 decided to park his vehicle on the inside shoulder (before the train trestle) and wave oncoming traffic away from his position and from the accident scene. The stayed there until the scene was cleared.

February 14, 2004 - 12:40am - Unit #220 assisted a stranded motorist with a flat tire on northbound I-270 at Tesson Ferry Road. 220 changed the tire for the motorist and then went on his way. The driver thanked 220 for his help.

February 18, 2004 - 9:05pm - Unit #220 assisted a stranded motorist on I-270 southbound near the Ladue Road exit. 220 waited for a tow truck to arrive and then left the scene.

February 18, 2004 - 10:00pm - Unit #220 received a call on his Nextel from unit #02, who was at work, regarding motorists on I-70 near I-170 that appeared to be in need of aid. 220 decided to check the area and see what all he could do. 220 found a stranded motorist on the on-ramp from I-70 eastbound to I-170 southbound with a flat tire. The female driver asked 220 if he would stay with her until the tow truck arrived because she didn’t trust the area. 220 stayed until the tow truck arrived and then left the scene. She thanked 220 for his assistance..

February 19, 2004 - 12:45pm - Unit #220 attempted to assist a driver with a flat tire on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River. 220 did not know the non-emergency phone number for the Illinois State Police, so he contacted unit #77 via Nextel for his assistance. 77 gave 220 the correct numbers and 220 made the calls from his phone. The Illinois State Police answered and 220 gave him the information, vehicle description and all. Within five minutes of making the call to the ISP, a tow truck and the Illinois Motorist Assist truck arrived on the scene. The motorist thanked 220 for his help.

February 20, 2004 - 3:50pm - Unit #220 was doing some errands when he heard a report stating that there was stranded motorist in the fast lane of southbound I-270, south of Clayton Road. Traffic was moving through the area slowly at the time (it was rush hour), but all traffic lanes seemed to be moving. 220 listened in on CB CHANNEL 19, and asked if anyone knew of a stranded motorist in the area. One truck driver responded stating that there was a stranded motorist, but it was on the far outside lane away from traffic. Sensing that this was not the one he was looking for, 220 drove over to the fast lane of traffic to see what he could find. He found a stranded motorist pinned up against the median wall. 220 flipped on his lights, parked his truck behind the stalled vehicle, and went to check on the driver and his condition. After talking to the driver, 220 called Town & Country Police and re-verified the location of the stalled car. By 4:15pm, the motorist’s father had arrived on the scene and 220 told him to stay where he was and that “the police would be here soon”. By 4:25pm, two Town & Country Police cars arrived and together (along with 220) they shut the highway down while the vehicle was removed. The police officers thanked 220 for his assistance.

February 20, 2004 - 8:40pm - Unit #220 assisted a motorist with a flat tire on I-55 east of the Collinsville Illinois exit. An Illinois Motorist Assist truck arrived a short time later, but by that time, the tire was changed.

February 20, 2004 - 9:40pm - Unit #220 assisted St. Louis County Police with a two vehicle accident on I-270 north of Tesson Ferry Road. 220 waved traffic away from the accident scene until it was cleared.

February 23, 2004 - 4:40pm - Unit #220 attempted to assist a stranded motorist on I-64 east of the I-55/70 ramp in Illinois. The motorist was having car trouble and 220 offered his cell phone to the driver so that the motorist could get help on the way. The motorist thanked 220 for stopping.

February 24, 2004 - 9:15pm - Unit #220 assisted a motorist on I-270 south of Gravois Road. The driver stated he felt dizzy so 220 called Sunset Hills Police. The police dispatcher notified the paramedics and they sent an ambulance to check on the driver. Later in the evening, 220 noticed a vehicle stopped behind the man’s vehicle and so he went to investigate. It was there that the man thanked 220 for his help. Apparently, the paramedics took him to the fire station for observation and had the man call someone to come get his vehicle. The man was then driven back to St. Charles, MO.

February 24, 2004 - 10:20pm - Unit 220 heard a report about a vehicle with a flat tire on the inside shoulder of I-44 eastbound near the Sappington Road overpass. A Kirkwood Police officer on the scene asked for Motorist Assist to respond to the location, but the dispatcher stated that they were not on duty. The police officer asked if a local towing company could come out but they charged more than what the woman had available in cash. Since 220 was in his vehicle on the other side of Big Bend at I-270, he decided to turn around and head to the officer’s location. When he arrived at the scene, two Kirkwood Police officers were at the scene attempting to change the tire for the woman. 220 offered to change the tire and the officers had no problem with the assistance. One of the officers even commented “you’re all over the place” (in reference to a flat tire call earlier in the week). 220 had the tire changed with 15 minutes, and the driver thanked him for his help, along with the Kirkwood Police officers.

February 24, 2004 - 11:45pm - Unit #220 attempted to assist a motorist on I-270 north of Dorsett Road in Maryland Heights. One of the vehicles was facing the wrong way but it was off on the shoulder. A second vehicle was the one with car trouble. The driver of the second car had a flat tire, so the two men changed it before 220 arrived. But, because the battery had worn down it needed a jump start which 220 provided. The two men thanked 220 for his assistance.

February 26, 2004 - 9:15pm - Unit #220 assisted with traffic control at the scene of a fire in Des Peres, MO. The fire was in a condominium that was vacant. The fire went to three alarms, resulting in many fire departments coming to the scene from as far east as Ladue Fire Department, as far west as Valley Park Fire Department, as far north as Creve Coeur Fire Department and as far south as Fenton Fire Department. 220 helped at the scene by directing residents of the apartment complex and neighboring homes to park in a subdivision on the west side of Barrett Station Road and walk to their residences. A few residents asked about the fire and a few complained about having to walk such a long distance to their homes. But unit 220 merely stated that there was no way for them to get through with all the fire trucks on the road. The following fire departments (by unit number) arrived on the scene to help the Des Peres Fire Department: 2900, 2910, 2810, 3527, 3924, 3824, 3815, 3304, 1903, 1912, 1927, 3506,1524, 3514, 3502, and 3501.

February 27, 2004 - 10:30pm - Unit #220 assisted a stranded female motorist with putting on her spare tire at I-55 south of I-255. 220 offered the driver his tire jack and tire iron. Earlier in the evening, the vehicle completely lost its tire, resulting in a minor 10-50. A few minutes after 220 put the spare on, a man pulled up and claimed that his vehicle was struck by the wheel after it jumped the median wall and headed into the northbound lanes of I-55. According to the female motorist, the incident with the wheel happened over two hours earlier. The male motorist proceeded to ask the driver for insurance information but the driver refused. According to witnesses, she stated that she “wasn’t responsible for something that was beyond her control” and asked, “how am I supposed to know it was you that got hit when you don’t have the damaged car here”. At this point, the conversation started to get heated so 220 contacted St. Louis County Police and they sent two officers to check out the situation. Within about ten minutes, the situation was resolved and the male driver left without incident. No tickets were issued and no accident information was exchanged between drivers. The police officers basically blew it off and told him his insurance should handle it.

February 27, 2004 - 11:45pm - Unit #220 attempted to assist a motorist with a flat tire on Meramec Bottom Road onto southbound I-55. The husband of the motorist was having trouble getting the tire off, but he only needed 220 to assist with traffic control while he changed the tire. The driver thanked 220 for his assistance once the tire was changed.

February 28, 2004 - 12:15am - Unit #220 assisted the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department at a two vehicle accident with injuries on I-55 north of Hwy M in Barnhart. Unit 220 assisted by waving traffic over to the fast lane (away from the accident scene) while the officers cleaned up.

February 28, 2004 - 9:30pm - Unit #220 attempted to assist a stranded female motorist with a flat tire on northbound I-270, just north of I-64 in Town & Country. When 220 arrived, the driver was already on the phone with roadside assistance so 220 offered to stay with the vehicle until the tow truck arrived. The roadside assistance vehicle passed by without stopping but a few minutes later, returned to the scene. 220 left the scene after the tire was fixed.

February 28, 2004 - 11:00pm - While unit #220 was at the QuikTrip gas station on I-55 in Herculaneum fueling up his truck, he noticed a vehicle just south of the gas station, on the northbound side, with its hazard lights on. He noticed a man pacing back and forth outside of the QT as if he were looking for someone. 220 found out that the car was his. 220 went inside to pay for his fuel and the man’s wife arrived to come pick him up. As it turned out, the man had a flat tire and was having trouble getting the tire off the vehicle. 220 offered to work on the car at no expense to the man. The man agreed so 220 headed over to the vehicle. It was a struggle to get the tire off because the tread from the tire had wrapped around the rim. About 20 minutes later, a Herculaneum Police officer arrived to check on the situation. As soon as the officer left, 220 freed the tread from the rim. 220 changed the tire for the man with his own tools and then went on his way. The couple thanked 220 for his help.