A rare winter storm turned the Atlanta area into a not-so-hot mess on Tuesday, with hundreds of automobile accidents and abandoned cars and thousands of stranded residents.
People sleeping at grocery stores, vehicles ditched & gridlocked: this is Atlanta right now [via @StephenNeslage] pic.twitter.com/49zIs2UIJ7
— Shawn Reynolds (@ShawnReynolds_) January 29, 2014
This morning, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution headline reported, “Gridlock continues as unspeakably horrible commute home stretches into second day.” The nightmare still isn’t over for some.
Atlanta Mayor Reed:
People still stranded on highway 1 day after storm; unsure of exact number @AP— NewsBreaker (@NewsBreaker) January 29, 2014
Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman was among those stranded.
Going on 5 and a half hours in this traffic! Atlanta traffic is the worst but then you add snow…woah!!
— Freddie Freeman (@FreddieFreeman5) January 28, 2014
I'm safe but still not home “@Lisa_Johns_97: @C_Johnson28 Did @FreddieFreeman5 make it home safely?”
— Freddie Freeman (@FreddieFreeman5) January 29, 2014
He lucked out with a gridlock-rescue from retired Braves player Chipper Jones and his four-wheeler.
I'm thinking abt sending @RealCJ10 on rescue runs..any takers? Rescuing @FreddieFreeman5 now… pic.twitter.com/WjFuT8qyBV
— Taylor Jones (@lilgeorgiapeach) January 29, 2014
That tweet was from Jones’ girlfriend, former Playmate Taylor Higgins.
Thank goodness for @RealCJ10 ! Saved me on a 4 wheeler! pic.twitter.com/ljXDEULJC9
— Freddie Freeman (@FreddieFreeman5) January 29, 2014
Love the camo!
He hugged me the whole way home!
— Chipper Jones (@RealCJ10) January 29, 2014
For real!
They made it home safe and sound! #thankful @RealCJ10 @FreddieFreeman5 pic.twitter.com/KBO59VL1HU
— Taylor Jones (@lilgeorgiapeach) January 29, 2014
A moment I'll never forget! ;)“@RealCJ10: He hugged me the whole way home!”
— Freddie Freeman (@FreddieFreeman5) January 29, 2014
Freeman says he arrived home after 11 hours.
Home after 11 hours…
— Freddie Freeman (@FreddieFreeman5) January 29, 2014
Parking lot “@Catfish20Haiku: @FreddieFreeman5 @RealCJ10 did you leave your car in the middle of the street or did you park it somewhere?”
— Freddie Freeman (@FreddieFreeman5) January 29, 2014
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(Hat tip: Lynn in Cumming, Georgia)
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