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Personal Narrative: Flat Tire

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It was a typical Wednesday afternoon as I headed home from a drawn out day from school. I was listening to music from the radio and noticed in the distance a car was pulled over. As I got closer and closer, the car was starting to look like a black 2002 Saab Aero that had a rear flat tire and a young man pacing back and forth as he was talking on the phone. As I drove by, I noticed that it was my friend’s brother Adam. At the time I didn’t know him that well, but I pulled over to see what was wrong. He immediately recognized me and asked if I could help him with his flat tire. Now, I don’t know too much about flat tires, but that I was eager to check it out and see what I could do. There it was, a long, thin, sharp nail stuck right in his back left tire that caused him to have to pull over. …show more content…

I grabbed my phone and looked up on YouTube, “How to fix a flat tire,” and the first result to show gave us instructions on how to. Luck was on our side that day because we had all the tools necessary and we began to fix it. I placed the Jack under the car, he grabbed the spare tire and wrench and we began to replace it. I was surprised with the progress we were making due to the fact that neither of us had ever changed a flat tire before and so far we were doing everything

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