“Route 27 Miracle: Princess Dress, Tiny Hero — and a Life Saved”
Late-autumn light spilled across Route 27 in long gold bands, the kind that make even a quiet highway look like a ribbon of warm metal. Traffic hummed by in a steady chorus—nothing unusual, nothing alarming—until a sound from inside Helen Maren’s sedan cut through the calm like glass. “Mommy—stop the car! Please stop!” Five-year-old Sophie’s…