It’s the perfect setup for a superhero rescue: Bill and Sharon White had a tire blowout, there they are on the side of the road trying to change the tire as hundreds of cars pass by them, probably without a passing glance.
And then … “Bill was fooling with that tire, and I was standing beside the car watching him,” Sharon said. “The next thing I know, a nice-looking young man, very well-dressed, but with something strange on his chin, he walked up, smiled, and said, ‘Hey, you need some help?’ ”
This was after the Cleveland Browns/Dallas Cowboys Game where he was almost knocked superhero senseless, which explains for the strange thing on his chin.
“I didn’t get a good look at him at that point,” Bill said. “We were both trying to get the tire pumped up.”
“You are Tony Romo,” Sharon recognized him. No reply, just a smile, and then it was back to work on the compressor. They got the tire aired up enough for them to make it home.
“I didn’t want to bother him,” Sharon said, “but I asked again, ‘You’re Tony Romo, right?’ ” I knew it was him by then. But he smiled and said, ‘Yes, ma’am.’ ”
Then Sharon did something that I’m sure any normal women would have reacted the same way: “I did something no 50-year-old woman should be doing, but I screamed real loud, and then jumped up and hugged him.”
Bill said, “Don’t tell me how you guys did. I’m going home to watch it.”