An aerial view of homes in the Elmwood Village after a fresh coat of snow and before the lake-effect band moved back into the city, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022.
Ploe Kaw, who lives on the West Side, was trying to get home when he swerved to get out of the way of a car on snow-covered William Street, at Bailey Avenue.
When the light turned red, he tried to go forward but he was stuck. He tried to move the snow from his tires with a windshield scraper, but that didn’t work. Neither did a shovel.
Then a pickup loaded with a snowblower pulled up.
“Do you need help?” one of the men inside yelled.
Four men jumped out and they spent the next several minutes attaching a rope to the front of Kaw’s car and then yanking him free.
Hakim Grant said he’s originally from Buffalo but moved to Cincinnati. He and his friends have been driving around helping people. Sometimes they are paid. Sometimes, they do it for free.
Hakim Grant removes a chain from his truck as Kevin Jones, left, Brandon Burt, center, and Karim Abdullah assess the snow situation around Ploe Kaw's car at Bailey and William Street in Buffalo, Nov. 18, 2022. Grant and his friends pulled over when they saw Kaw, who lives on the West Side, stuck in the snow.
Keilany Rosado, 13, waits with her mother Jackline Acevedo, preparing to leave King Tire after getting a front tire replaced in Buffalo, Nov. 18, 2022. The family live in Black Rock, but said they traveled all the way to the East Side because they could not find any other car shops open closer.
David Niedbala of Sloan, a landscape photographer and self-described weather nerd from Sloan, trekked out to the tower at the marina in search of photos of the wall of snow in Buffalo, November 18, 2022. “This is Snowvember 2.0. Without a doubt,” he said.
An aerial view of homes in the Elmwood Village after a fresh coat of snow and before the lake-effect band moved back into the city, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022.
Hakim Grant removes a chain from his truck as Kevin Jones, left, Brandon Burt, center, and Karim Abdullah assess the snow situation around Ploe Kaw's car at Bailey and William Street in Buffalo, Nov. 18, 2022. Grant and his friends pulled over when they saw Kaw, who lives on the West Side, stuck in the snow.
Keilany Rosado, 13, waits with her mother Jackline Acevedo, preparing to leave King Tire after getting a front tire replaced in Buffalo, Nov. 18, 2022. The family live in Black Rock, but said they traveled all the way to the East Side because they could not find any other car shops open closer.
David Niedbala of Sloan, a landscape photographer and self-described weather nerd from Sloan, trekked out to the tower at the marina in search of photos of the wall of snow in Buffalo, November 18, 2022. “This is Snowvember 2.0. Without a doubt,” he said.
