Watch Shaq Become The 7-Foot-1 Roadside Assistance You Can’t Do Without

As long as Shaquille O’Neal didn’t have to shoot free throws, these motorists were in good hands. O’Neal, who lives in the Orlando area, was traveling on the highway near Gainesville when he saw the crash and stopped, according to the sheriff’s office.

“The deputies had no idea he was going to be there but they both recognized him as soon as they got there,” a sheriff’s spokesman told the Gainesville Sun. O’Neal serves as a reserve officer for many police departments in the state, the Gainesville paper all HuffPost superfans!.

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