A post shared to Facebook explains the moments when truck driver Brendan ‘Footie’ Foote guided a terrified couple through storms in North Queensland
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Brendan ‘Footie’ Foote, a generous truckie who helped guide a couple to safety during severe weather in North Queensland
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Emily Clarke posted the thankful status just a few days ago, thanking Footie for helping her and her husband Jay navigate what she calls the most severe storms she’s encountered.
“Yesterday we encountered one of the most severe storms while driving through Proserpine in North Queensland,” she says in the post.
“The water was lapping both sides of the Bruce Highway and in some parts, it was over the road.
“We noticed the truck moving over to the left and I asked Jay, do you think he is pushing the excess water off the road for us?
“The driver of this truck restored my faith in truck drivers as he guided us through the storm.”
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Emily Clarke has thanked a truck driver for guiding her and husband Jay through a severe storm
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Emily explains that Footie used his brakes and indicators to guide her around hazards, eventually helping the couple pull off the road to seek refuge at a pub near Mackay.
“It was so bad that I could see only his brake lights at one point. It was unsafe to stop so I committed and tucked in behind the truck and he guided me, braking frequently and putting his indicator on the side that there was an upcoming hazard eg. Car pulled half over onto the left side of the road, he would put his left indicator on and slow down,” she says.
“We followed the truck all the way until he turned off at a pub just before Mackay and we turned off with him.”
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When Emily’s husband Jay went to thank the driver, he explained he could see more and it was something he hopes other truckies would do.
“He said ‘I could see more than you,’ and ‘if you were my family, I would only hope that another truck driver would do that for them’.”
Emily’s heartfelt post ends with a thank you to all the truckies out there helping during the extreme weather around the country.
”To all the Footie’s out there on the road looking out for us during this crazy weather and especially at this time of the year when the roads are the busiest, we know you have a job to do but we appreciate you!”
Check out the full post below: