As I walk along the sidewalk, I never think I will take part in such a relay(接力)race. A car turns up. I look up and notice the elderly couple in the car heading toward me. As the car rolls past, the driver suddenly collapses(倒下)against the wheel. He passes out, right in front of my eyes. His wife, a pale woman in her mid-eighties, is staring out the passenger side window then.
I begin to run alongside the moving car, "Roll down(摇下)the window!" I shout wildly to her. Confused, she complies. With the window down, I am able to hold the doorframe. I pull hard against the force of the moving car. Only then does the lady realize what is happening. On the far side of the car, the traffic goes by in the opposite direction, one after another. Nobody even seems to notice. The whole scene is so unlikely. So impossible.
Just then, a woman appears from behind me. She runs alongside the driver side door. She opens the door and, as the car is slowing, she manages to change it out of "Drive". The car is now stopped. A joyful "We did it!" feeling sweeps over me.
The next problem: the man's not breathing.
Thoughts start running through my mind: I need to start CPR(心肺复苏术) … You can't do CPR on a person sitting in a car … There's no way I can lift this guy out … He has about five minutes until he's dead.
I can't help shaking. Over my shoulder, I notice a black SUV has pulled up behind us. A man is standing beside me and says, "I'm a doctor." I step back. He quickly unfastens the driver's seat belt, carries him to the sidewalk and begins CPR.
I walk around to the passenger window to check on the elderly lady. With tears in eyes and hands shaking, she can only manage to speak softly, "Will he be okay?"
"I hope so," I tell her.
And he is.
