Texaco Gas Stations, 1970s
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| Traveler | It was the night of the big blizzard. | 0:01 |
| I was in Ossining, New York, | 0:03 | |
| and I knew I couldn't drive much further. | 0:04 | |
| When I saw a light up ahead. | 0:07 | |
| It was a Texaco station. | 0:09 | |
| During the night, about 30 or 40 people were stranded here. | 0:12 | |
| There were even little children. | 0:16 | |
| The manager of the station, Mr. Wool, was great. | 0:18 | |
| He went out and bought us meat | 0:21 | |
| and bread and soda without any charge. | 0:22 | |
| Then he led us in small groups to a convent. | 0:26 | |
| So we'd have a place to spend the night. | 0:30 | |
| It was about a quarter of a mile away. | 0:35 | |
| And we had to hike in on foot through the snow. | 0:36 | |
| I'm sure lucky I got to that Texaco station that night | 0:42 | |
| because this man was a real life saver. | 0:45 | |
| Narrator | Walter Wool. | 0:49 |
| Another Texaco retailer | 0:50 | |
| who's taken a business that's good for cars | 0:51 | |
| and made it a business good for people. | 0:53 | |
| (upbeat music) | 0:56 |
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