Pulling over to investigate a driver who had stopped on the road in the snow, a Michigan police officer asked if the man needed help and received a reply: “I could use a hug.” What followed was an exchange of pure human kindness.
Deputy Jake Thorne of Macomb County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) was called to a stationary vehicle by the side of the road in early February after a passerby called in a request, concerned that the driver might have passed out. Thorne arrived moments before a second officer, Deputy Fred Parisek, to find “Joe,”—whose name has been changed to protect his privacy—sitting alone in his car.
