After Girardi's Help, Crash Victim Now A Yankees Fan-For-Life

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Photograph of Joe Girardi waving his key to the city by Julie Jacobson/AP
Yankees manager Joe Girardi had a particularly busy Wednesday-into-Thursday evening, between winning the World Series and helping out a crash victim. Girardi stopped his car on his was home after the victory, swerving across the road on the Cross County Parkway in Eastchester, in order to help Marie Henry, 27, who had smashed into the guardrail. Girardi stayed with her and kept her calm until the police arrived. And the dazed Henry didn't have a clue who he was!

The Daily News spoke to Henry, an IT firm project manager, who explained, "He looked skinny, and he wasn't wearing a hat. He did not look big like he does on television" It was only after Girardi left that a Westchester cop tipped her off that it was the Yankee Skipper!

Now, it seems Girardi's good Samaritan gesture has made a true fan out of her: "It was the middle of the night; my cell phone battery was dying...Most people could have just kept driving. But he stopped. He's got a good heart...I'm a Yankee fan for life." Girardi was modest, saying on WFAN, "We can't forget to be human beings where we help others out. I think that's the most important thing we can do in life."

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I didn't think I could love him more, but...sigh....

How lucky are we -- world champ with a heart of gold.

This actually happened in Eastchester, which is near New Rochelle.

And yes, he is the fucking man of the year.

for doing what a person should do? only in NY...

I agree, it was a nice thing, he acted respectably and responsibly, can we cut the hyperbole now?

The fact is, almost no one does something like this now. The best one might expect is that another driver might see what happened, and call 911 while driving on.

OK, it doesn't make him a superhero but it does deserve recognition when a rich, successful celebrity goes out of his way to help someone else. Not many would bother, especially on a night like the one he was having.

Let's see: world champion player, world champion manager, bright (engineering degree), AND a good samaritan.

If he weren't married, and I weren't straight, I'd be madly in love.

I'm a Yankee fan for life.
Or until he gets fired. (Or until he leaves the team after getting dissed — right, Joe Torre?)

"I'm a Yankee fan for life." -Good, now she can throw all her Red Sox shit away.

why does everyone think that rich or famous people are bad?

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