216: Rachel rescued her children

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media

True Crime, Documentary, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Many years ago, I had a small pickup truck. It was kind of a junker. Mostly, I just used it for when I had some stuff to haul to the town dump. It wasn’t pretty but it mostly served my purposes. But this little truck had a problem. It would constantly overheat. Even in the cold Maine winter, I would have to keep an eye on that temperature gauge to be aware of when the engine got too hot. And sometimes when it showed that it was getting really hot, I’d have to just pull over, let it cool down, and then maybe add some coolant to the radiator – once it was cooled down enough for me to remove the cap. It was an inconvenience sometimes, but I never felt like I was in danger with it. My guest today is Rachel. And she experienced something similar. Except in her case, she was on a bridge with no breakdown lane. And her two babies were with her. And her car did way more than just overheat. Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/216 Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai. Want to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook (many of the podcast guests are there as well) Get every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes to binge, by joining the other listeners at What Was That Like PLUS. Try What Was That Like PLUS free: iPhone: at the top of the What Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try free” Android: on your phone, go to WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS and click to try it free on any app Sponsor deals: Head to http://Lumen.me/WWTL for 20% off your purchase. Sign up today at https://www.butcherbox.com/whatwas and use code whatwas to get chicken breast, salmon or ground beef FREE in every order for a year, plus $20 off your first order. Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/WHAT Go to Quince.com/whatwas for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns! Get 15% off OneSkin with the code [WHATWAS] at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Many years ago, I had a small pickup truck.
0:05.8	It was kind of a junker.
0:11.5	Mostly I just used it for when I had some stuff to haul to the town dump.
0:16.0	It wasn't pretty, but it mostly served my purposes.
0:20.5	But this little truck had a problem.
0:22.6	It would constantly overheat.
0:25.6	Even in the cold main winter, I'd have to keep an eye on that temperature gauge to be aware of when the engine got too hot.
0:35.6	And sometimes when it showed that it was getting really hot, I'd have to just pull over,
0:42.8	let it cool down, maybe add some coolant to the radiator once it was cooled down enough
0:49.2	for me to remove the cap.
0:52.4	It was an inconvenience sometimes, but I never felt like I was in danger with it.
0:57.0	My guest today is Rachel, and she experienced something similar.
1:06.0	Except in her case, she was on a bridge with no breakdown lane.
1:12.9	And her two babies were with her.
1:17.8	And her car did way more than just overheat.
1:25.9	Real people in unreal situations.
1:31.0	The eerie silence when I walked in, and he's just staring at me.
1:36.3	I was like, hello, like, are you okay?
1:38.8	And then I had to tell him, it was me.
1:42.6	There was just blood everywhere. They're shouting, they're screaming, they're being
1:47.1	hit by bullets, they're hitting the ground. And in that moment, I literally thought, this is how I die.
1:52.7	Everything changed then. And I just thought to myself, this isn't happening. Every single story
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