Formerly homeless woman awarded for heroism

COLUMBIA - Joyce Andrews was riding her bike along Business Loop 70 on July 17, 2006, on her way to the soup kitchen, when she noticed a car stalled at a stop light. The driver made no move to get out, even though the car was quickly filling with black smoke. “There were a bunch of people around telling him to get out of the car,” said Andrews, who was pregnant and homeless at the time. “He was in his 60s or 70s, sitting there all confused.”