With temperatures creeping below freezing and ice slicking up roadways Thursday morning, Leonard Fleming couldn’t sleep. The 26-year-old Mansfield resident...
Alongside first responders on the roads during the winter storm, those with weather-ready vehicles — many, like Fleming, members of the North Texas Jeep Club — established an unofficial dispatch and rescue squad of Good Samaritans.
“People need help,” said John Burgdorf, the owner of DFW Scanner. “We’re just trying to do our part.” The club had responded to 100 calls as of Friday morning, but Burgdorf said that drivers continued rescuing others while on their way to those calls. He estimated that the club would help around 500 people by the time roads cleared.
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