I Asked a Bleeding Biker on the Curb if He Needed Help and He Said Save My Dog

the words, “If you’re reading this, brother…”

I didn’t read the rest.

I told the dispatcher his name. She said an ambulance was four minutes out. She told me to keep him talking if I could.

I couldn’t.

Mike Donovan was unconscious by the time I heard the sirens.

Two paramedics worked on him fast. A woman with a buzz cut and a younger guy with sleeves of continue reading …