Yankees Manager Helps Car Crash Victim
It was very early Thursday morning when police say a woman crashed into a wall along the Westchester County parkway in New York. A man appeared beside the car to help. It was New York Yankees Manager Joe Girardi. He was on the road that late because the Yankees had just won the World Series.
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It was very early Thursday morning when a woman crashed into a wall in Westchester County, New York. She was just getting her bearings when a man appeared beside the car to help. The man was the manager of the New York Yankees. Joe Girardi and his wife pulled over to help and called 911. The woman was ok. Girardi was on that road at that late because he had just finished celebrating his team's victory in the World Series at Yankee stadium.
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