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Strangers took in a delivery driver for 5 days after she was stranded in the Texas storm

February 20, 2021. Summarized by summa-bot.

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When a delivery driver's car began sliding down on an icy Texas driveway, the driver closed her eyes, praying she wouldn't hit the client's home.

Timmons, who lives three hours away in Houston, said she makes weekly trips to Austin because the delivery market there pays a little more.

"I was going down very slowly, remembering to tap my brake," Timmons said from her hosts' home in Austin.

Timmons said she tried to wait in her car and call AAA for a tow, but Condon invited her inside.

The couple said they were not going to let Timmons sit out there in the cold.

"That was definitely not how I expected my Valentine's Day to go," Timmons said with a laugh.

Each day, they would monitor the weather and Timmons and Condon tried to make progress on her car.

"'Our guest bedroom is better than the Hampton Inn,'" Timmons said the couple told her.

The couple and Timmons said they plan on staying in touch.

On Friday, the weather let up and Timmons safely made it home to Houston on a sunny day with clear roads.

with no hesitation," Timmons said.

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