TIMOTHY M. KENNEDY

Shaquille Jones, a security guard, shared his harrowing experience in an interview with the Washington Post after he and some family members were stuck in their car for 18 hours and braved 70 MPH winds to find a warm shelter. Jones then went back out to try to help rescue other stranded drivers. He said he found several people either not responsive or possibly dead; some of them curled into their back seats, others under piles of snow near their vehicle.

A Child Is Born

Erica and Davon Thomas were expecting their first child on Christmas Day, but around 11 p.m. on December 23, Erica’s contractions began and worsened on Christmas Eve. The Thomas's were unable to leave their home due to the storm and told first responders were unable to get to their house. He called a friend, Jeter Neville Jr., who made a post on facebook asking for help. Raymonda Reynolds, an experienced doula of five years and her friend, doula and nurse Iva Blackburn, responded. A little after 3 p.m., with both doulas on video chat Devynn Briell Thomas was born at 3:31 p.m. on December 24. To God be the glory

Jay Withey

Jay Withey Jr., a 27-year-old Kenmore mechanic who ended up stranded in his own truck on his way to help a friend trapped in the storm, is being credited with saving the lives of an entire group after they were trapped in snow-encased cars in Cheektowaga during the December 2022 blizzard. Withey broke into the Pine Hill Primary Center school, so they could have shelter and food while the storm raged on. At least 14 people and as many as 24 took shelter in the school.

BLACK, BANGLADESH COMMUITY COME TOGETHER

During the Blizzard the Bangladesh Community joined forces with Black community activists Carlanda Meadors, member of MVP, Most Valuable Parents, Pastor Tim Newkirk of GYC Ministries and others to work together to help those in the community in need. Mohammed Osman Shimul of the Bangladesh community, with over 30 bangladesh volunteers, gathered food, resources and transportation to help residents who didn't have power or food. They set up several warming stations to provide shelter to over 500 people. With the help of MVP they worked as a dispatch to connect them to the "rescue team" which also received snow removal services from Pastor Newkirk's "Snow Patrol" team.

Snowmobile Heroes

Chandler Clinton and his young friends went out early Sunday (Christmas) Morning on their snowmobiles riding around Buffalo looking for people to help /rescue. They spent the holiday doing welfare checks, they saved several adults and children who were stranded in a school, helped nurses get to the hospitals and even helped people who were having health crisis get to the emergency room. They continued their misson to help the following days purchasing food and supplies for those in need.