Results: Kind Stranger Drives a Soldier 8 Hours for his Son's Birth

Sgt. Seth Craven, 26, had flown to Philadelphia from Afghanistan on August 5 in preparation for his wife Julie's scheduled cesarean section on August 9 in Charleston, West Virginia. Do you know of any military members who made a long flight home for a special occasion?

He intended to catch a connecting flight to West Virginia on August 7, but his flight was canceled. He rescheduled his trip so that he would fly out the next day, August 8, but that flight was canceled, too. Craven said that all the car rental places were sold out due to the storm, leaving him stranded. Have you ever been stranded at an airport, train or bus station because of bad weather or any other reason?

Just when he thought he was out of luck, Craven was approached by Charlene Vickers, a program director for AmeriHealth Caritas Partnership, who was at the airport and offered to help. Vickers and her colleagues were headed to Charleston for an event on Friday and she had an extra seat in her car. Have you ever offered (or been offered) help to (or from) a total stranger?

Vickers, who's from Philadelphia, had parked her car at the airport. Craven took her up on the offer without even getting his suitcase from baggage claim. He also helped guide Vickers all eight hours down to Charleston. "I was glad to have somebody who knew the roads," Vickers told WV Metro News. "There's a lot of areas where you do not have cell phone service. I have lost my GPS signal many times in West Virginia." Have you ever made a long trip with a stranger - with no maps or GPS?

"Along the way, we got to know each other pretty well, talked about my time in Afghanistan, and her family, and my soon-to-be family," he said. "We even called her dad who is veteran and spoke with him." The group arrived just past midnight on Friday, and Craven and Julie had to be at the hospital by 5:30 a.m. If you have a child, did you have to be at the hospital in the wee hours of the morning for his or her birth?

Craven's baby boy was born later Friday morning. He and Julie named the 9-pound, 8-ounce baby boy Cooper. "Luckily we had a healthy little boy, and mom's healthy. If it wasn't for Charlene I never would have made it," Craven told WV Metro News. "All she wanted in return was pictures of the baby." Do you think it was generous of Charlene Vickers to give Sgt. Craven a ride to the hospital - 8 hours away - so he could be present for the birth of his first child - and asking for nothing more than updates and photos of the baby?