1 of 3 After a 12-hour shift at Marathon and a brief stop to visit his father on Christmas Eve, Russ Crawford came home to chaos on Blackburn Avenue. Crawford became Ashlandâs AAA as he helped people get their vehicles out of snow and sleet near Ashland Middle School on Thursday. Not one to accept credit for doing good deeds, Crawford shrugged it off with a chuckle. âOh, Iâcame in on the tail end of it,ââhe said. âIt was a real mess. Mindy, one of our new neighbors, sheâd been directing traffic for about an hour.â Mori Crawford, Russâs wife, had transported hot chocolate to Mindy not long before Russ arrived home.