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readers will remember last month’s story about
the planned television re-union in Australia
between Clare Jones - wife of Dial-a-Cab
driver Alan (O31) - and Oz national
Don Moye, who had rescued her from an
horrendous coach crash on the Sydney highway
back in 1989 as part of his job as a volunteer
with the Australian State Emergency Service. Clare had been travelling on an overnight coach along the Australian highway north of Sydney, when the driver of an oncoming coach fell asleep at the wheel. It crossed the highway and smashed head-on into the coach Clare was travelling in. The result left 35 passengers dead and a further 41 injured. Many, like Clare, were dangerously ill. Among her injuries were ribs that had penetrated her spine causing the doctors to tell her that she was unlikely ever to walk again. Happily, she proved the medics wrong. We left the story with Clare and Alan ready to fly out for their TV reunion with Don Moye – who was unaware that Clare would be on the program. Clare and Don had kept in touch via the phone, but had not met since that fateful day in 1989. The planned TV meeting was part of a series on Australia's Network 7 called Where are They Now? Alan described the program – hosted by Melissa |
FROM ADVERSITY SPRINGS HOPE ETERNAL Part 2 – The television reunion… |
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 Where are they now hosts: Melissa Doyle and Kevin Koch Inset: From L-R: Dan Moye, Clare Jones, Darcy Jones, Lynn Moye and Alan Jones
Doyle and David Koch – as a kind
of Cilla Black’s Surprise Surprise. It
was the story of Don Moye’s life with the SES
and what happened when he was on duty the night
of Clare’s accident and how he pulled her away
from the twisted metal and visited her in
hospital during her long months of recuperation
and her battle to try to walk again. Clare was
to be the surprise guest on the show. |
sort of rehearsal of what to
expect before going on stage to meet Clare’s
saviour, Don Moye. Even then, when Clare was introduced on the show to a stunned and tearful Don, things didn’t go exactly to plan as Clare - who uses a walking stick - was confronted with a set of steps to reach the stage where Don Moye was eagerly awaiting her entrance! Nobody at Network 7 had realised Clare’s difficulty until that moment. Fortunately, several helping hands rushed forward to assist her onto the stage..! During an emotional re-union after so many years apart, the odd tear was mopped dry as the events of that night back in 1989 were recounted. Then it was Alan’s turn to come on stage and hand their 6-month old daughter, Darcy, over to Don Moye to hold – something that would have appeared impossible back in ‘89. After the show, the Jones family stayed with Don - a trucker by profession - and his wife Lynn before continuing their holiday of sightseeing around Sydney. They also revisited the crash site. The show is due to be aired on Network 7 TV during this month (February)… © Call Sign Magazine MM7 |
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