EASTCHESTER, N.Y.—Yankees manager Joe Girardi capped a victorious World Series night by helping a woman who had crashed her car on a suburban New York parkway.
"Obviously there's a lot of joy in what we do but we can't forget to be human beings where we help others out. I think that's the most important thing we can do in life," Girardi said during an interview on WFAN-AM radio.
Girardi was driving to his Westchester home with his wife around 2:30 a.m. Thursday, hours after the Yankees' World Series win over the Philadelphia Phillies, when he came across a vehicle that had crashed into a wall.
"Her SUV looked horrible. We pulled off to the right, I had my wife call the police, I ran across the street because as bad as the car looked, I was really concerned," Girardi said.
"When I got there she was on the phone talking to the police," Girardi said.
"She only had a little cut. She couldn't open the door and I said, `Ma'am, you need to get out of this car because if someone comes around the bend they're going to hit the back of your car,'" Girardi said.
Police arrived a few minutes later.
"She had no idea who I was," Girardi said of the 27-year-old driver, Marie Henry of Stratford, Conn.
Officer Kathleen Cristiano said seeing Girardi at the accident scene later "was totally surreal."
