Max Herrick pulled over on the interstate near Harrisonville, Missouri, on a spring night in 2020 to offer antifreeze to a woman whose car had overheated.
He had lost a grandson to an overdose just hours before, but aiding stranded motorists was second nature to the 73-year-old retired school custodian, who remembered thousands of students' names and regularly brought food pantry donations to a retirement community. "He always was there to help people," said his son Bobby Herrick, who was in the car with him that night.
