{"id":9840,"date":"2026-10-13T10:03:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T10:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awestories24.press\/?p=9840"},"modified":"2026-10-13T10:03:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T10:03:43","slug":"a-deputy-made-my-71-year-old-mother-stand-in-91-degree-heat-for-40-minutes-then-she-asked-him-to-say-her-name-over-the-radio-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awestories24.press\/?p=9840","title":{"rendered":"A Deputy Made My 71-Year-Old Mother Stand in 91-Degree Heat for 40 Minutes Then She Asked Him to Say Her Name Over the Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"

The afternoon heat was unbearable on County Road 6 when a young sheriff\u2019s deputy ordered my 71-year-old mother out of her Buick and left her standing beside the road for nearly forty minutes.<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Her supposed offense?<\/p>\n

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He believed her temporary driver\u2019s license looked fake.<\/p>\n

Even though she\u2019d received it after renewing her license at the courthouse.<\/p>\n

When Mom politely explained the situation, he dismissed her, questioned her memory, and threatened to issue several tickets and have her car towed.<\/p>\n

I was sitting in the passenger seat, watching helplessly as the heat took its toll on her.<\/p>\n

Then my mother, Shirley Hagen, made a request that seemed completely ordinary.<\/p>\n

\u201cDeputy, would you mind saying my name over your radio?\u201d<\/p>\n

He laughed.<\/p>\n

Apparently, he thought it was another opportunity to embarrass her.<\/p>\n

But when he announced her name, the dispatcher suddenly went silent.<\/p>\n

Then came a question.<\/p>\n

\u201cDid you say Shirley Hagen?\u201d<\/p>\n

Within seconds, voices began coming through the radio from people across the county.<\/p>\n

Deputies.<\/p>\n

Firefighters.<\/p>\n

Paramedics.<\/p>\n

Even a state trooper.<\/p>\n

And as each one recognized my mother\u2019s name, the young deputy\u2019s confident expression began to disappear.<\/p>\n

What he didn\u2019t know was that the elderly woman he\u2019d left standing in the summer heat had once been the voice that helped save his own father\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

It started as an ordinary Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Mom had put on her favorite flowered dress for our church\u2019s annual ice cream social.<\/p>\n

I was carrying a pan of homemade lemon bars, carefully balanced on my lap.<\/p>\n

We were only a short distance from home when flashing lights appeared behind us.<\/p>\n

Mom pulled her Buick onto the shoulder.<\/p>\n

A young deputy approached the driver\u2019s window.<\/p>\n

He introduced himself as Kyle Brandt and asked for her license and registration.<\/p>\n

Mom handed over her temporary driver\u2019s license.<\/p>\n

Her permanent card hadn\u2019t arrived yet, but she\u2019d recently completed the renewal process at the courthouse.<\/p>\n

Kyle studied the paper.<\/p>\n

Then frowned.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere did you get this?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the courthouse,\u201d Mom answered pleasantly. \u201cThey gave it to me while I wait for the new one.\u201d<\/p>\n

He turned it over.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis doesn\u2019t look official.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mom remained patient.<\/p>\n

\u201cI understand it looks different from a regular license, but it\u2019s the document they issued.\u201d<\/p>\n

Instead of checking the information calmly, Kyle became increasingly dismissive.<\/p>\n

He asked her to step out of the vehicle.<\/p>\n

Mom complied.<\/p>\n

Then he told her to wait beside the Buick while he returned to his patrol car.<\/p>\n

The afternoon sun was relentless.<\/p>\n

There was almost no shade along that stretch of road.<\/p>\n

Mom stood on the gravel shoulder in her Sunday dress while Kyle sat inside his air-conditioned vehicle.<\/p>\n

Five minutes passed.<\/p>\n

Then ten.<\/p>\n

Then twenty.<\/p>\n

I watched my mother shift her weight from one foot to the other.<\/p>\n

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