Mike Victory wants to thank the man who called 911 and consoled his son after the Maple Ridge father took an ugly fall in Port Coquitlam a couple of weeks ago.
There is just one problem: Victory didn't get the man's name and, thanks to the severe concussion he suffered, would not recognize the Good Samaritan if he saw him.
Here's what happened:
While riding Aug. 27 with his son at the bike skills park off Shaughnessy Street, north of Prairie Avenue, Victory took a small jump but went over the handle bars and landed face first in the rocks.
"I blacked out completely," he said. "I laid there, had a seizure.
"My son, who is just about five, was with me but there was nobody else around at the park."
All he knows of the story after that is what he was able to piece together from his son. Apparently, after the seizure, he got up and sat on the jump for a few minutes. He then went over to his vehicle, got in, and started fiddling with a key fob. A short time later, another cyclist came into the park and, noticing Victory's bruised and bloodied face, immediately called 911.
"I don't remember any of it," Victory said. "Apparently he was there but I don't remember talking to him."
The stranger put Victory's and his son's bikes in the back of the car and waited with the young boy while paramedics worked on his dad.
Victory suffered a level three concussion and fractured his T6 thoracic vertebrae but said he is recovering well. He recently started driving again and has been back at work for a few days.
His face, which took the brunt of the fall, has also healed up nicely and the stitches in his lip have dissolved. While he was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident, he said he would likely be staying away from the skills park until he gets some more protective equipment - and maybe some lessons.
He would also like the chance to meet the man who helped him and his son during what was a frightening experience for both. "I would really like to get in touch with him and thank him," he said. "He waited with my car when my sister came down and she thanked him but, unfortunately, she didn't get his name."
The person who helped Victory or anyone with information identifying the Good Samaritan is asked to email [email protected].
