PEOPLE BEING PEOPLE

When Christopher Manacci helped bandage a stranger’s badly wounded hand on a fishing trip in 2003, the nurse practitioner assumed he’d never see him again. But eight years later, Manacci saved the same random stranger’s life. Manacci stopped his car last week to help Gerald Gronowski repair a tire in Chagrin Falls, Ohio; moments later, an out-of-control pickup truck came roaring down the road. The truck rammed into Manacci’s car, which acted as a barrier shielding Gronowski and his son. Only after the crash did Gronowski recognize his two-time savior. “It’s really quite a miracle,” said Manacci.