On a Silent, Snow-Choked Highway, a Trucker Braked One Meter from a Crawling Baby—The Glitter on Her Sleeve Led Him to a Crushed SUV and a Race Against the Cold It was the kind of winter night that swallows sound. The road was empty, the sky low, the snow falling in slow, sleepy feathers. After a twelve-hour haul, a long-distance driver rolled through the drifts with the patience of someone who has learned not to wrestle with ice. Home was only a few miles away. Then the world narrowed to a whit