{"id":12089,"date":"2023-07-05T11:11:37","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T15:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/?p=12089"},"modified":"2023-07-05T11:11:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T15:11:37","slug":"good-samaritan-credits-god-after-saving-mans-life-after-horrifying-motorcycle-crash-god-put-me-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2023\/07\/good-samaritan-credits-god-after-saving-mans-life-after-horrifying-motorcycle-crash-god-put-me-there.html","title":{"rendered":"Good Samaritan Credits God After Saving Man&#8217;s Life After Horrifying Motorcycle Crash: &#8216;God Put Me There&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12098\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12098\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/89\/2023\/07\/joe-hoagland-dylan-durham-motorcycle-crash-credit-wsbtv-youtube.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12098\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/89\/2023\/07\/joe-hoagland-dylan-durham-motorcycle-crash-credit-wsbtv-youtube.png\" alt=\"motorcycle crash\" width=\"768\" height=\"429\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WSB-TV\/YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite losing his leg in a tragic motorcycling accident, Dylan Durham is grateful for his survival, and the good Samaritan who saved him is crediting God for the positive outcome.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6FAEb8bWSn4\">WSB-TV<\/a> reported that the 23-year-old was riding his Yamaha 600 in Henry County, Georgia, when he hit a deer and found himself facing a life-threatening situation. The accident happened around 4:00 a.m., adding a quiet road and darkness to Durham\u2019s dire circumstances. He was critically injured on the side of the road, but luckily, someone saw him and jumped into action.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Hoagland was on his way home from work when he saw the wreckage in the road and couldn\u2019t pass, so he pulled over, got his flashlight, and looked around. Hoagland said, \u201cAll of a sudden, I heard this little voice, the little murmur. It was from a distance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6FAEb8bWSn4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Those sounds were coming from Durham, who desperately needed medical assistance; he had a broken arm, crushed finers, a severed right leg, and other injuries. He started begging Hoagland to help him. Hoagland told WSB-TV, \u201cAll he kept telling me was, man, please don\u2019t let me die, please don\u2019t let me die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Durham said he remembered every detail of what happened, never passed out during the ordeal and has since called Hoagland \u201can angel.\u201d Hoagland called the police for help, then drew his attention to comforting Durham. They talked about how Durham will be a father soon and other aspects of his life, with Hoagland distracting Durham and helping keep him calm until help arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, Durham survived, and it\u2019s all thanks to Hoagland. Reflecting on what happened, Hoagland said he rarely takes that route he traveled that night and credited God for him finding Durham. \u201cGod put me there for a reason because I can\u2019t explain it,\u201d he told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/local\/henry-county\/please-dont-let-me-die-motorcyclist-pleads-rescuer\/QGL2RYSCPRAIBKHCNZNMJVYE4M\/\">WSB-TV<\/a>, noting he believes the two now have a lasting, life-long friendship. \u201cWe\u2019ll always stay connected. I feel like God put us together for a reason.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite losing his leg in a tragic motorcycling accident, Dylan Durham is grateful for his survival, and the good Samaritan who saved him is crediting God for the positive outcome. WSB-TV reported that the 23-year-old was riding his Yamaha 600 in Henry County, Georgia, when he hit a deer and found himself facing a life-threatening&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":12098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1161,1988],"class_list":["post-12089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiring-messages","tag-good-samaritan","tag-motorcycle-crash"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Good Samaritan Credits God After Saving Man&#039;s Life After Horrifying Motorcycle Crash: &#039;God Put Me There&#039;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Joe Hoagland was on his way home from work when he discovered Dylan Durham on the side of the road, injured after a 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