After breaking down, the woman thanks the IMPD officers for pushing her wheelchair home

Indianapolis, Indiana – After her electric wheelchair broke down on the side of the road, an Indianapolis woman is expressing gratitude to two IMPD officers for going above and beyond.

IMPD posted a video of the two officers pushing 24-year-old Jazlyn Wilson’s power wheelchair home after it broke down close to German Church Road and 38th Street.

Wilson remarked, “I was just really grateful to get home because that was all I had wanted to do that evening, go home and be with my Mamaw.”

At first, Jazlyn was stranded close to moving cars in the dark and cold. She said it was overwhelming, particularly since she is currently in a wheelchair due to an automobile accident that occurred a few years ago.

“The day before Thanksgiving in 2020, I was struck by a car,” Jazlyn recalled. That’s where my panic and trauma clearly entered the picture. “I’m going to need you to breathe for me,” my mother said. Panicking will do nothing. It will only make things worse for you.

Officer Blake Moothery informed his colleague, Officer Dante Granger, that he would push Jazlyn’s wheelchair home after several failed attempts to get it rolling again or placed into a car.
According to Officer Moothery, “she needed it.” “I believe that my heart is that of a servant. I therefore took the best possible action to assist her.

While officers Moothery and Granger alternated pushing the chair, a family member drove Jazlyn. The distance between the intersection and Jazlyn’s house was roughly a quarter to a half mile.

Even though that might not seem like much, keep in mind how weighty these gadgets are. According to Jazlyn and the officers, her chair weighs several hundred pounds. Officers, of course, required some encouragement to push the wheelchair forward.

Officer Granger explained, “He said, ‘I’m going to push this thing,’ so I just got in my car, put my red lights on, followed him, and played some inspirational music over my PA for him.”

Moothery started pushing the wheelchair along while Granger played “Eye of the Tiger.”

“It definitely pushed me to go a little bit further than I thought I was going to be able to,” Granger said. “So that was awesome.”

According to Jazlyn, this was the night’s high point.

“Are they being serious? “They’re dead serious,” I remarked, and Jazlyn chuckled. “And I was laughing uncontrollably because I thought, ‘I already like them.'” They are excessively jovial, impulsive, and supportive of one another.

It was a humbling experience, according to both officers, and they said that such experiences help them to better fulfill their calling.

“This job is challenging in and of itself; the things we go through and experience,” Officer Moothery stated. “But I would say it’s a very humbling and rewarding career to be in.”

“It felt rewarding just to interact with her and to get the job done for her,” Officer Granger stated.
What could appear like a minor deed most surely had a tremendous impact.

“They were fun,” Jazlyn said. It simply meant a lot to me that they were still smiling. There are some good ones. It lets you know there are some good ones still in the world.”