Strangers helped Megan Cohen find her way out of addiction. Now the Bucks County woman is reaching out to others in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood, where she wallowed in her addiction.
Under the weight of a soaked blanket, Megan Cohen inched her way, on foot, along a stretch of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia, the rain beating against her frail body.
She wasn t looking to be saved. I was so broken. I was homeless at that point for quite a while and I wasn’t in the right state of mind at all, said Cohen. Tons of people drove right past me. I may have driven right past me.
Coming off his shift as an Uber driver, Joshua Santiago spotted Cohen as she headed toward Bensalem.
“Something in my heart told me to stop, said Santiago. “I was about to go home and lay in a warm bed.
When he pulled over, Cohen was skeptical about his intentions, “but being so cold I didn’t care what happened . I had no hope or will to live at that point.
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