To save more than 20 people from a deadly New York blizzard, a man enters a school
Jay Withey, a technician from New York, tried to aid a buddy by driving out into the dangerous snowstorm that slammed Buffalo, New York, but instead found himself trapped. He had no idea that his tragedy would really turn out to be a godsend. On December 23, Withey stepped outside into the hazardous blizzard, but he became mired in the snow. He anxiously knocked on doors in a Cheektowaga area asking $500 in exchange for refuge from the fierce storm but was repeatedly turned away. He was in risk of freezing to death. He would now be acclaimed as a hero because of the horrible turn of events. "If one one those households had allowed me in, I wouldn't have had this opportunity to rescue so many lives," Withey subsequently said. The remarkable tale of Withey, 27, who broke into a school to save himself and others after not receiving assistance that night was told. He couldn't locate any refuge from the cold that night, so he spent the night in his vehicle with two strange
