COWETA COUNTY, Ga. — A family is grateful for the kindness strangers extended during a crash in Coweta County.
A mom tells 11Alive her daughter and grandson were in a terrible wreck on I-85 South near Newnan Thursday. Taressa Thompson said her daughter 22-year-old Tiara Johnson was on her way to Newnan to bring her son to visit, when a car hit it.
The crash caused Johnson's car to go off of the road through the guard rail and flip twice.
"I was really like, 'I'm not going to make it,' and one of them, as I could remember, said, 'Stay here with us'," Johnson recalled. "I remember saying, 'Just tell my son I love him.'"
Johnson said she and her son both survived, thanks to the help of at least three strangers.
Thompson told 11Alive thanks to those strangers, they were able to think about a future, and not plan a funeral.
Meanwhile, Johnson said the kindness of the strangers said it has truly put her life in perspective.
"It's amazing that people would stop and be there…it's almost like something out of a movie," she said.
Johnson and her son were taken to the hospital to be examined and treated for injuries. She found she suffered a spinal injury and a broken pelvis.
Now the family wants help finding the people who assisted them.
"I thank you because you didn't have to," Johnson said.
And so began an online campaign to find the rescuers and reunite them when the people they helped save. Social media has helped connect them to one of the heroes – Thompson posted on Facebook, and one of them, Alex Scott Reberio, responded. He said he's glad she's doing OK, and posted a picture of him carrying her.
But they are looking for the other two, so they can let them know that they are extremely thankful.
"We will provide a meal, and let's talk about what happened, because there are still so many questions," Thompson said. "What made you stop? You're becoming a hero, you probably didn't think about it at the time."
