Motorcycle Man

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November 29, 2008

Brian Stack, a former full-time police officer (he’s part-time now). was on duty one night, riding his motorcycle, when he spotted a car whose driver committed a minor traffic offense. There were two men in the car. Brian turned on his siren and his red-and-blue lights, but unlike the routine stop he’d expected, the car didn’t pull over. Instead, it accelerated. “I followed it for about four blocks, continuing to flash my lights,” Brian says, “and then suddenly the driver veered into the center of the double turn left lane.” Brian couldn’t stop and had to pass them.

“I started to make a u-turn to come back behind them. All at once, the driver accelerated. The car was coming right at me!” Brian could not get out of the way in time. The car hit his motorcycle dead center on his left side.

Under normal circumstances, Brian should have been pinned, or at least badly hurt. But instead, without losing consciousness and feeling no pain at all, he was instantly aware of where he was, lying in the street on his back, BEHIND the car. How had he gotten here? He hadn’t flown through the air. “While I was still down, the driver started to back up towards me, probably to drive over me.” Brian drew his gun, and started firing at the car. It stopped, reversed directions and sped away.

Still lying in the street, Brian used his portable radio to advise the dispatcher of what had happened and the description of the car and occupants. He was still on the radio when another officer arrived. “Brian, are you hurt?” the second officer bent over him.

“I’m not sure,” Brian answered. “How do I look? Is there any blood?”

The officer looked his buddy up and down. “Not that I can see.” “Then I must be okay,” Brian said. He stood up, completely unharmed.

“To this day,” says Brian, “I don’t recall how I got to the rear of the car after the impact. After we reconstructed the collision, there just wasn’t any way it could have happened.” To say nothing of the obvious fact that after being hit broadside, he didn’t have a scratch on him.

However Brian believes that his Guardian Angel has been with him his entire life, and was certainly on duty that night.