Joe

They had a thing where they wanted us over at the south side, to which I was always like, if news happens, I'll get over there.

But no, they were like, you have to be in the office, you know, the Steelers media office over there.

So I'm driving late, late from straight from Buffalo to the Steelers headquarters.

And I cut down on whatever that street was.

Second Avenue.

Second Avenue.

So I could get up there and go over the bridge onto the south side and then get there.

And as I got there, the accident had just happened.

Just happened.

Like I was at the scene, but I didn't know what it was.

If I knew, I obviously, they would have told me cover it right from there.

Right.

But I just kept going and got to the south side, and then they told me what happened.

I'm like, oh, my God, I just passed that accident scene.

Right.

Well, just to complete the other story, in 2012, all those years later, Bob, I got a hold of the guy who was in the accident with Rivera who got hit by him.

He was a meter reader for Equitable Gas, and his name was Alan Watts.

And he was then 77 of Ross Township.

And he told me I wasn't going very fast, and I saw these headlights coming over the rise in my lane.

He missed the car in front of me, but he hit me and spun around, and so many things went through my mind in those seconds.