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| - Details: In December 1984, 16 year old Wendy Radcliffe was traveling through California with her grandmother, Bernice Gardner, whom she had a close and special bond with, when their car overheated. They stopped across the street from a restaurant in Modesto where Wendy called her mother from a pay phone, telling her that she and Bernice would be staying the night there. Wendy then ran across the street through the traffic while Bernice waited, and when the traffic appeared to have let up, she crossed the street, but while doing so was tragically struck by a car. Wendy ran to the restaurant and pleaded for help and when she went back she was pushed away from her grandmother because the people around Bernice assumed she was a bystander.
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| - Details: In December 1984, 16 year old Wendy Radcliffe was traveling through California with her grandmother, Bernice Gardner, whom she had a close and special bond with, when their car overheated. They stopped across the street from a restaurant in Modesto where Wendy called her mother from a pay phone, telling her that she and Bernice would be staying the night there. Wendy then ran across the street through the traffic while Bernice waited, and when the traffic appeared to have let up, she crossed the street, but while doing so was tragically struck by a car. Wendy ran to the restaurant and pleaded for help and when she went back she was pushed away from her grandmother because the people around Bernice assumed she was a bystander. Then, an unknown woman from the restaurant came to Wendy and hugged her and tried to console her and told her it was okay to cry and that everything would be alright. Bernice was then rushed to the hospital and Wendy soon arrived; then, while in the waiting room, the woman from the restaurant came once again and asked how she was doing and told her she wanted to be there for her because she had no family there for her. A few minutes later, a nurse came and said that Bernice's condition was stable and that she could go see her. Wendy and the woman then went to the floor where Bernice was and talked to the doctor, where they were horrified to learn that there was an error and that Bernice had actually died from her injuries. Wendy began to cry again and the woman again consoled her and told her that she was going to be fine. The woman stayed until Wendy's family arrived; she then left without saying a word. Wendy realized that had the woman not been there, she would have fallen apart and not be able to cope her grandmother's death as well as she did. Wendy later moved on with her life, got married, and has three children. She hopes to find the unknown woman, whom she calls her "guardian angel" and thank her for what she has done and how she has changed her life. Extra Notes: This segment was featured as part of the February 23, 1996 episode. Results: Solved. On the night of the broadcast, a Modesto, California woman named Karen Barnes called the telecenter and identified herself as Wendy's unknown good Samaritan. They spoke over the phone that night where Wendy thanked Karen and Karen told her that she had thought about her hundreds of times since that night, that she was great to hear how much she changed Wendy's life and how Bernice would be proud of Wendy for who she is now. Less than a week later, Karen flew from Modesto to Seattle, Washington. She and Wendy were joyfully reunited at a hotel in Seattle; Wendy was finally able to thank Karen in person. Links: None
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