[ WP ] Your whole life you had an ability that seemed normal to you . Now you realized you 're the only one with this ability .

`` It's easier to walk on ice if you hit it with your feet to break it.'' I told my daughter. But little munchkin had no weight on her to break it, she just held onto my hand and tried not to fall. My wife, Becky, was following in my footsteps as we made our way around a big pile of snow. She is a small framed woman, so she could n't break the ice either, I guess that's the benefit of being two hundred pounds, but I would rather not have a gut. 
 
 Twenty minutes in city traffic and we're finally on the highway. It all happened so fast, a truck sped by us, and slid making a turn. The trailer swung around and dragged entire truck off road, into the frozen river, truck flipped and broke through the ice. 
 
 I hit the breaks and ran to where the truck went down. `` I see him'' someone yelled, he must have been standing a good fifteen yards away from the hole made by truck, and looking straight down. `` Someone get a shovel or something to break ice! ``. I ran to the spot, the driver was under a thick layer of ice scratching at it. 
 
 `` Thump'' I hit the ice with my foot, but it did n't budge at all. `` Move, I got a crowbar!'' I heard a yell. `` We need something bigger, there's got ta be a foot and half judging by broken ice there! `` another person yelled. I closed my eyes and raised my leg, deep breath, another breath, another, let that weight go into the feet, `` bam'' the ice cracked a little, not enough, `` bam'', how silly, I slipped, but my leg made it all the way through, I feel my shoe is wet. I quickly get up and stomp once again, the ice is almost up to my knee. 
 
 We got lucky, two off duty EMT's saw the accident, they pulled the guy out from the hole I made. People asked how I broke the ice - like if I had special shoes, but all you have to do is practice breaking ice when you walk. We were late to the party by twenty minutes, but it's not everyday you get to help save a life.
