Truck Driver's Prayer
Rowland Croucher
TRUCK DRIVER CREDITS PRAYER AFTER
HELPING TO CAPTURE SNIPER SUSPECTS
FREDERICK, Md. (EP) - The truck driver who alerted police to the whereabouts
of two men later arrested in the "Beltway Sniper" case said he and a group
of truck drivers had prayed about the case just prior to his spotting the
suspects' car in a rest stop.
Ron Lantz, 61, of Ludlow, Ky, called authorities after seeing a car sought
by police in the string of shootings that left 10 dead and three wounded
since Oct. 2. The two suspects, John Allen Muhammad, 41, and a 17-year-old
traveling companion, were arrested at the Maryland rest stop where Lantz
spotted their blue Chevrolet Caprice with New Jersey tags.
Lantz, who is just weeks from retirement after 35 years as an over-the-road
driver, told the Associated Press, ""Who would have thought that all this
would happen just when I'm fixing to retire. I just thank God that I was
where I was and that I was able to help. I now know that God answers
prayers."
After calling 9-11 to report the suspicious car, Lantz was directed by
police to block the vehicle from leaving the rest stop until police could
arrive. He told reporters he spent several tense minutes waiting for police
to arrive. "I just sat there and waited ... It was a long 15 minutes," he
said.
He recalled that at one point he started walking to the restroom, but turned
around and went back to his truck when he noticed two people in the car.
As to his part in ending the weeks-long case that terrorized residents of
the area surrounding Washington, D.C., he told Reuters News Service, ""I'm
no hero. I don't even want to be classified as a hero. Just let it go like
it is. I did my job."
Lantz was willing to give credit where credit is due, however. "You don't
think the Lord works in mysterious ways?" Lantz was quoted by the Cincinnati
Enquirer.
As to the possibility of his receiving any of the $500,000 reward offered
for the arrest of the sniper, Lantz said, "I'll probably take it right back
to the families that all this happened to."
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Shalom!
Rowland Croucher
http://www.pastornet.net.au/jmm
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