1.   Rescue services have been working round the clock to free stranded motorists.

2.   A police patrol vehicle that went to the aid of stranded motorists also got stuck.

3.   A police patrol car also became a casualty after officers attempted to help stranded motorists.

4.   Ambulancemen helped rescue a number of stranded motorists -- including a pregnant woman.

5.   Breakdown organisations were working flat out to cope with stranded motorists.

6.   A passing car struck Mr. Dubus and the two stranded motorists he was assisting.

7.   Cars abandoned along the roadside are reported swiftly to police, and nobody is stopping to help stranded motorists.

8.   Dean L. Johnson remembers the instant he was struck by a tractor-trailer rig on the New York Thruway while trying to aid a stranded motorist during a recent snowstorm.

9.   Despite years of solving crimes, controlling riots, managing earthquake disasters, it is a look of thanks from a stranded motorist that the captain remembers most.