Easter Sunday didn’t go quite as planned for a 16-year-old Plano teen. On April 20, 2025, he was on his way to dinner to meet his girlfriend’s parents for the first time — flowers in hand and nerves likely already high — when he was involved in a car accident on Spring Creek Parkway. Plano Police and Fire-Rescue crews responded quickly, ensuring everyone involved was safe.
But for the teen, the emotional impact was immediate. He was certain the evening — and maybe his budding relationship — had just been ruined.
Plano Police To The Rescue
Enter Officer A. Rust.
Rather than just file the paperwork and wait for the tow truck, Rust did something else entirely: As the teen, still clutching the flowers, waited for his dad to arrive and turned to her with a surprising request: would she deliver the bouquet to his girlfriend and explain what happened to her family?…