gruesome car accident in Midtown Manhattan yesterday left a British tourist seriously injured, after a taxi mounted the sidewalk  and drove straight into her, severing one of her feet in the process.

And because it happened in Midtown Manhattan, a cast of very New York characters came to her aid, including David Justino, a union plumber, celebrity TV doctor Mehmet Oz, and Max Crespo, the owner of a nearby food truck, who gathered the severed limb in a bucket of ice, potentially allowing doctors to reattach it. His quick thinking was later rewarded with a kiss (and an adoring tweet) from his girlfriend, the model Heidi Lindgren.

This is where billionaire energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens steps into the picture.

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