Good Samaritan tows about 50 vehicles following Saskatoon snowstorm

If you've been out and about in Saskatoon this week, you've probably seen someone stuck in the snow — or been stuck in the snow yourself.

You've probably also seen people helping out.

Christopher Cook was one of those people. He said he helped upwards of 50 people get out of the snow.

"A lot of people I towed all the way home because they couldn't make it," Cook told CBC's Saskatoon Morning.

"I would tow them out and I would launch them back into the street and they would go and get stuck somewhere else. So I figured it would be easier just to tow them all the way home."

Cook says he blew out his transmission towing all those cars, but that the damage was worth it to help people.

While he waits for his truck to get repairs, he said he's had to resist using his wife's vehicle to go out and help.  

"I just feel the need to keep helping and I don't want to ruin her vehicle," he said. 

'We band together'

Shaun Bunko has also been helping people get out of the snow.

Bunko said he used his truck to tow six people out and has lost track of many he has helped push out. He even helped someone bring their groceries home when he saw them pushing a grocery cart down a sidewalk.

Now his truck needs repairs, too. He hit a snowbank on his way to help someone out and broke his front driveline. He thinks it's going to cost about $800 to fix, but he also doesn't regret helping.

He said there's something special about Saskatchewan people coming together to support one another.

"When things like this happen, we band together. You know, it's not just, like, snow. We do it with Telemiracle. We do it around Christmas time with our homeless and less fortunate. It's in our blood."